Factsheet:
Malawi
Capital: Lilongwe, largest city is Blantyre
Area: 118,484 square km
Languages: English, Chewa (both
official), Lomwe, Tumbuka, Yao
Currency: Malawian kwacha (MK)
Total plant species: 5,500
Total plant endemics: 122
Total RDL plants: 247
Focal RDL institutions: MAL,
PRE
Number of Protected Areas: five
National Parks, several Game Reserves and Forest Reserves, and a proposed
Transfrontier Park.
Population: 10,787,800 Growth Rate: 3.3% Density: 109.2 people/ square km
Phytogeography: Predominantly
Zambezian with frequent Afromontane elements.
Flora: Predominantly miombo woodland,
with drier Zambezian woodland in the south, montane forest and grassland
at higher elevations, and patches of lowland forest on the shores of the
northern part of Lake Malawi, Nyika Plateau, and the lower slopes of Mount
Mulanje.
Sources: Anonymous 2000, White
1983
