Chilumba
{{short description|Settlement in Malawi}}
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Chilumba is a town in Malawi. It is an urban centre in Karonga District.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/10%C2%B026'15.0%22S+34%C2%B014'51.0%22E/@-10.4387242,34.2436817,613m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d-10.4375!4d34.2475 |title=Location of Chilumba, Malawi |access-date=7 May 2020}}
Location
Chilumba is located along the western shores of Lake Malawi, at the southern end of Karonga District, in the Northern Region of Malawi. This location is approximately {{convert|73|km|0}}, by road, south-east of the town of Karonga, where the district headquarters are located.{{google maps|access-date=7 May 2020 | |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Karonga,+Malawi/Chilumba,+Malawi/@-10.1952299,33.913919,10.5z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1901851cf67b7815:0xb221a35601574c33!2m2!1d33.9248222!2d-9.952536!1m5!1m1!1s0x19026ecbe45156b7:0x26c055223f01e8d!2m2!1d34.2449384!2d-10.4363667!3e0 |title=Distance Between Karonga And Chilumba In Malawi}} Chilumba is located approximately {{convert|154|km|0}}, by road, north of the city of Mzuzu, the headquarters of Malawi's Northern Region.{{google maps|title=Distance Between Mzuzu And Chilumba In Malawi |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mzuzu,+Malawi/Chilumba,+Malawi/@-10.9336034,33.4967329,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x191d3a60f10f1269:0xd6716109fdcf70c2!2m2!1d34.0084395!2d-11.4389649!1m5!1m1!1s0x19026ecbe45156b7:0x26c055223f01e8d!2m2!1d34.2449384!2d-10.4363667!3e0 |access-date=7 May 2020}} The geographical coordinates of Chilumba are:10°26'15.0"S, 34°14'51.0"E (Latitude:-10.437500; Longitude:34.247500). The own sits at an average elevation of {{convert|487|m|0}}, above mean sea level.{{cite web|url=http://mw.geoview.info/chilumba,930986 |title=Elevation of Chilumba, Malawi |publisher=Goeview.info |date=7 May 2020 | author=Geoview |access-date=8 May 2020}}
Population
Overview
The section of lake facing Chilumba is called Chilumba Bay.
The MV Ilala a steamboat, which connects the main settlements on Lake Malawi, has Chilumba as its northernmost stop. Once it has reached Chilumba, it starts its travel back to its base in Lusumbwe in the Southern Region of Malawi.{{cite web| url=https://changeherworld.ca/our-projects/chilumba-malawi/ | title=Profile of Chilumba, Malawi |publisher=Changeherworld.ca |date=7 May 2020 |author=Change Her World Canada |access-date=7 May 2020 |location=Stratford, Ontario Canada}}{{cite web|title=Malawi: Sixty years of the MV Ilala | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/focus_magazine/news/story/2008/12/081222_malawi_ilala.shtml |date=22 December 2008 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation | author=Ruth Evans |access-date=8 May 2020 |location=London}}
Heterogeneity in landscape gives Chilumba a unique environment for diversification of recreation and production activities. From the lake side, it is one of the unique places with Chirwa Island and Chitende Island, that host several species of plants, birds and fishes. The Islands are used by fishermen as temporary docking points.{{cite web| url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Lake-Nyasa |author=((The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica)) |title=Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) |date=8 May 2020 |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=8 May 2020}}
The peninsula facing Chirwa is a typical feature with rocky shore with deep waters potentially suitable for rock diving. The bay facing the jetty has shallow waters for docking boats and potential for shallow water walking to 50m then swim into deep waters facing the Chitende Peninsula and Mphiri hills. West of the peninsula lies a {{convert|3|km|0}} stretch of pure sand beach. The sand extends upland a distance of about {{convert|1|km|0}} and magnificently looks like a desert of dark sand separated by two swamps. The upper land away from the lake is prime agricultural land used during the 1980s to early 1990s as a maize seed production diversification scheme. Behind lies a natural boundary of forest reserve that extends to the lake through Mphiri hills to the north, ideal for horse riding.
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