Livingstonia, Malawi

Region

Livingstonia is a town in the northern region of Malawi at the foot of Nyika Plateau, 96 kilometers in a straight line north of Mzuzu. The city of Mzuzu can be achieved by Chitimba of which sits on the shore, at the foot of the mountain, on a paved main road.

In 1894 Dr. Robert Laws and Uriah Chirwa camped on the plateau. They decided to build at this point the mission. Today, the two are for honored at a memorial.

Livingstonia is essentially a mission and a 100 -bed hospital (David Gordon Memorial Hospital), the Scottish church and works closely with its sister mission together in Ekwendeni. It was founded in 1875 by the missionary James Stewart.

The church maintains a secondary school and a technical school with boarding school for 1,800 students, with the church 500 other people offers accommodation. In total, approximately 3,700 people hold on there. The construction of a College of Education and Theology is planned. There is a guest house and a private camp. During the rainy season all-wheel drive is essential, because the place is located on a steep slope between Nyika and Malawi. The village offers panoramic views of the rugged Livingstone Mountains on the opposite shore of Lake Malawi, Tanzania, on which it is located directly on a cliff. Nearby is the Manchewe cases are.

Nearby is the Mchenga and the Kaziwiziwi coal mines lie on a deposit of around two million tonnes of high quality coal.