Chiromo is a town in southern
Malawi by the
Shire River.
The
Nairobi suburb of Chiromo near
Westlands, as well as
University of Nairobi Chiromo Campus and Nairobi's
Chiromo Road got their name from this town.
Ewart Grogan
Ewart Scott Grogan (1874–1967) was an English explorer, politician, and entrepreneur. He was the first person in recorded history to walk the length of Africa, from Cape Town to Cairo.
Biography
Ewart Grogan was educated at Winchester College ...
saw the two rivers that met in that Nairobi area reminding him of the village in
southern Malawi and named the place Chiromo.
Chiromo means “joining of the streams”.
Transport
It is served by a Station on the national railway system, the railway line extends to
Blantyre.
It was for many years the heart of the cotton industry and had one of the best bridges in
Africa at the time. The bridge suffered a severe
washaway in the late 1990s.
See also
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Railway stations in Malawi
References
Populated places in Southern Region, Malawi
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