Mangochi

Region

Mangochi, also Mangoche, is a city in Malawi with about 42,500 inhabitants ( 2006 estimate ) on the Shire River. It is situated on 480 meters altitude in the hills between Lake Malawi in the north and in the south Malombesee. By Mangochi leads the paved road to Cuamba and Nacala in Mozambique. Mangochi is the capital of the district, which has an area of 6273 km ² and a population of 610 239.

Mangochi is today considered the center and starting point of tourism on Lake Malawi, which constantly brings money and jobs to the city. There is a 900 -meter-long airstrip, primary and secondary schools, a hospital, a weekly market, hotels, supermarkets, shops, banks, a "Chinese Disco" and the connection to the power grid. Nevertheless, Mangochi is considered rather quiet. In Mangochi Forest Reserve, there is a " Rest House " and on the eastern shore cabins. Next are located directly on the lake in the district of the places Monkey Bay and Cape Maclear and many other hostels. Between these hotel facilities for international tourism are countless " cottages " of the wealthy layers of Blantyre and Zomba.

Mangochi has established itself as a trading center for agricultural products of the other surrounding areas thanks to its location on the lake and road and has shipbuilding facilities. Fishing is an important economic activity. The area directly around the city is flat. It serves the production of tropical fruits such as avocado, papaya, mango, cashew nuts and bananas. In between cornfields. This changes in the west and in the east in the mountains, which rise to over 1000 m immediately. They are partly impassable and barren. There, only to find development aid projects. The needs of Mangochi is accordingly placed there more to vegetable gardening.

The town of Mangochi - founded by the British in 1890 as Fort Johnston - Lake Malawi is home to the Museum. It is mainly dedicated to the culture of the Yao, the dominant tribe here who had immigrated from Mozambique in the early 19th century and worked as a slave-hunters in the service of the Portuguese, so that Mangochi was a prisoner gathering place for a short time.

Mangochi is the seat of the diocese of Mangochi.