Likoma, Malawi
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}} Likoma is the main town on Likoma Island in Malawi. It is the administrative capital of Likoma District.
Perhaps the most famous attraction of Likoma is the Anglican cathedral of Likoma. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Peter, whose statue faces Lake Malawi. The cathedral was built mostly with stones.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SrMRAAAAYAAJ&q=likoma+cathedral+materials|title=The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly|date=1897|pages=739|language=en}} The foundation stone of the Cathedral was laid by Bishop Gerard Trower on 27 January 1903{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QOzYAAAAMAAJ&q=january+1903|title=The history of the Universities: mission to Central Africa|last=Wilson|first=George Herbert|date=1936|publisher=Universities' Mission to Central Africa|pages=127|language=en}} and was consecrated by Bishop Thomas Cathrew Fisher on 14 November 1911.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dVbjAAAAMAAJ&q=14+november+1911|title=Nyasaland Journal|date=1956|publisher=Nyasaland Society.|pages=34|language=en}} Considered a feat of engineering, materials for its construction were imported from many countries. It is the seat of the bishop of the Diocese of Northern Malawi in the Church of the Province of Central Africa.