18, Jan 2021, EST.
Welcome to the beta version of Econ Stats, the Economic Statistics Database service provided by EconomyWatch.com.
Country or Region:
Malawi ›
Change country
Economic Indicator: Geography (Location, geographic coordinates, map references, area, terrain, elevation extremes, borders, coastline and maritime claims)
› See all Malawi indicators,
› See Geography (Location, geographic coordinates, map references, area, terrain, elevation extremes, borders, coastline and maritime claims) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Malawian Kwacha
Currency Symbol: MWK
Location: Southern Africa, east of Zambia, west and north of Mozambique
Geographic Coordinates: 13 30 S, 34 00 E
Map References: Africa
Area: total: 118,484 sq km ; land: 94,080 sq km ; water: 24,404 sq km
Area - Comparative: slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
Terrain: narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: junction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique 37 m ; highest point: Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m
Land Boundaries(Km): total: 2,857 km ; border countries: Mozambique 1,498 km, Tanzania 512 km, Zambia 847 km
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
Maritime Claims: none (landlocked)
Geography - Note: landlocked; Lake Nyasa, some 580 km long, is the country's most prominent physical feature; it contains more fish species than any other lake on earth