Chipoka is a town located in the
Central Region district
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of
Salima, in
Malawi
Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northe ...
. It is one of the main ports on
Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.
It is the fifth largest fres ...
and is the closest port to the capital city of
Lilongwe
Lilongwe (, , ) is the capital and most populated city of the African country of Malawi. It has a population of 989,318 as of the 2018 Census, up from a population of 674,448 in 2008. In 2020 that figure was 1,122,000. The city is located in t ...
. Chipoka is located on the western shore of Kasangha Bay across from
Cape Maclear
Cape Maclear or Chembe is a town in the Mangochi District of Malawi's Southern Region. The town, on the Nankumba Peninsula, is on the southern shore of Lake Malawi and is the busiest resort on Lake Malawi. Cape Maclear is close to the island ...
.
Nearby towns and villages include
Chaseta (),
Ndembo (),
Kalombola (),
Lowe (),
Mazenjele (),
Chikanda
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(),
Milala (),
Mkangawi (),
Mzembela
Mzembela is a village in central Malawi 4.9 miles north-west of Chipoka. It is located in Salima District in the Central Region.
Nearby towns and villages include Kalombola (1.0 nm), Lowe (1.0 nm), Mazenjele (1.0 nm), Katumba ( ...
(),
Pemba () and
Kachindamoto().
The city has a railway station on the
Sena railway
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.
Demographics
References
Populated places in Central Region, Malawi
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