Kasungu

Kasungu is a city in 1200 meters altitude in the central region of Malawi and has about 45 555 inhabitants ( 2006 estimate ). It is the capital of the eponymous district which has an area of ​​7878 km ² and a population of 480 659 ( 2003). Kasungu is connected to the national grid. A separate reservoirs used for drinking water supply. 20 km west of the city begins the Kasungu National Park, which has a high animal density. There is a lodge with food and accommodation for the upscale tourism.

The district is located in Kasungu eroded highlands above the Dwangwa Valley, also called sand - box, which extends south to Dowa. It is an area of subsistence and starvation. With Chiradzulu and Mulanje he shares the lowest ranks of the food security in the country.

Kasungu has a paved 1,200 meters long and 17 meters wide runway for aircraft, a weekly market, a supermarket, a hotel, a gas station, primary and secondary schools, the only school for the blind in Malawi - led by the Christian Blind Mission - and a hospital.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Sankhani Nyirenda (* 1987), football player
• Hastings Banda (1898-1997), politician

• Location in Malawi
• Central Region (Malawi )
• Place in Africa