Chiwembe is a township in southern

Malawi Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...

. It is situated approximately south of the town of Limbe and from

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, Malawi's biggest city. Chiwembe is mentioned in the song ''Police Hunt Matafale'' by the popular Malawian reggae band Black Missionaries. Chiwembe is also where the football association of Malawi has its headquarters. It has well planned housing with the Malawi Housing Cooperation as the landlords of most of the housing. An informal settlement also known as Blantyre town, the area was used in a 1999 survey study by the

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. Sports in the area include football and in 2024, the Malawai National Under 20s team were camped at a site in Chiwembe.

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Populated places in Southern Region, Malawi {{Malawi-geo-stub