Blantyre | |
|---|---|
 Busy road in Blantyre City | |
  Blantyre Location in Malawi  Blantyre Blantyre (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 15°47′10″S 35°0′21″E / 15.78611°S 35.00583°E | |
| Country |  Malawi |
| Region | Southern Region |
| District | Blantyre District |
| Founded | 1876 |
| Municipality | 1895 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wild Ndipo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 240 km2 (90 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,039 m (3,409 ft) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 800,264[1] |
| Time zone | +2 |
| HDI (2017) | 0.541[2] medium |
| Climate | Aw |
| Website | www |
Blantyre is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with a population of 800,264 as of 2018[update]. It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, Lilongwe. It is the capital of the country's Southern Region as well as the Blantyre District.
- ^ National Statistical Office of Malawi. "2018 Population and Housing Census". Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.