Lilongwe

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Lilongwe is the largest city and administrative and political center of Malawi, located in the country’s central region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lilongwe canonical 7
Lilongwe District 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
human settlement
national capital
airportServes Kamuzu International Airport
averageElevation about 1,050 metres
capitalSince 1975
capitalType national capital
seat of government
climateClassification Cwa
humid subtropical climate
commonlySpokenLanguage Chichewa
continent Africa
country Malawi
countryCallingCode +265
elevatedToCapitalOf Malawi
foundedBy British colonial administration
foundingDate 1906
governingBody Lilongwe City Council
hasDistrict Lilongwe self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lilongwe District
hasInternationalAirport Kamuzu International Airport
Lilongwe International Airport
hasParliamentBuilding National Assembly of Malawi
surface form: Parliament of Malawi
hasPresidentialResidence Kamuzu Palace
hasUniversity Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Malawi College of Health Sciences (Lilongwe campus)
hasUrbanAreaType City Centre
Old Town
isAdministrativeCenterOf Malawi
isCapitalOf Central Malawi
surface form: Central Region, Malawi

Malawi
isLargestCityOf Malawi
isPoliticalCenterOf Malawi
isSeatOf Lilongwe self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lilongwe District
locatedInBasin Shire River basin
locatedInRegion Central Malawi
surface form: Central Region, Malawi
locatedInTimeZone Central Africa Time
namedAfter Lilongwe River
officialLanguage English
populationEstimateYear 2018
previousCapitalWas Zomba
primaryEconomicActivities commerce
government services
light industry
transport
roadConnection M1 road NERFINISHED
M14 road NERFINISHED
traversedBy Lilongwe River
UTCOffset +2

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malawi capital Lilongwe
Malawi largestCity Lilongwe
Chichewa majorCityWhereSpoken Lilongwe
Lilongwe hasDistrict Lilongwe self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lilongwe District
Lilongwe isSeatOf Lilongwe self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lilongwe District
Air Zimbabwe hasDestination Lilongwe
Mzuzu hasRoadConnectionTo Lilongwe
Mzuzu isNorthOf Lilongwe