The
Republic of Malawi is a country in the Southeast Africa
and it was previously known as Nyasaland. Lake Malawi
separates this nation from Mozambique and Tanzania.
Lilongwe is the capital city of Malawi and Blantyre is
its biggest city. The population of the country is
roughly about 13,900,000. The country depends on
agriculture for its revenue and it is believed that
about half of the Gross Domestic product or GDP of
Malawi comes from agriculture alone. It also exports
products to other countries and some of the export
products are sugar, tobacco and cotton.
Not only is Malawi an extremely populated country, it is
also one of the least developed countries in the world.
Most of the people live in rural areas and the economy
of the country is dependent on agriculture. In order to
develop the economy, the Government is depending on
outside aid. However, the aid offered has declined ever
since the year 2000.
The inhabitants of the country are diverse and they
include Natives, Europeans as well as Asians. As it has
people from different cultures, the language spoken in
Malawi is also wide-ranging. Many people in Malawi are
infected with AIDS/HIV. Primary education is not
obligatory in the country but the Constitution requires
the children to be educated for at least five years.
The people from Malawi are called Malawians.
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