Blantyre

Summary

Blantyre is a city^[1]. Blantyre draws 772 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #607 of 5,534).^[2]

Key Facts

• Blantyre is located in Blantyre District^[3].
• Blantyre is in the country of Malawi^[4].
• Blantyre's head of government is recorded as Joseph Makwinja^[5].
• Blantyre's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Blantyre's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Blantyre's official language is recorded as English^[8].
• Blantyre's official language is recorded as Chewa^[9].
• Blantyre is named after Blantyre^[10].
• Blantyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hanover^[11].
• Blantyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kaohsiung^[12].
• Blantyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ndola^[13].
• Blantyre's postal code is recorded as 312200^[14].
• Blantyre's Commons category is recorded as Blantyre^[15].
• Blantyre's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[16].
• 1876 marks the founding of Blantyre^[17].
• Blantyre's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -15.786111111111, 'lon': 35.005833333333}^[18].
• Blantyre's official website is recorded as https://bccmw.com/^[19].
• Blantyre's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blantyre^[20].
• Blantyre has a population of {'amount': '+1895973'}^[21].
• Blantyre has a population of {'amount': '+732518'}^[22].
• Blantyre has a population of {'amount': '+219011'}^[23].
• Blantyre has a population of {'amount': '+478155'}^[24].
• Blantyre has a population of {'amount': '+800264'}^[25].
• Blantyre's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[26].
• Blantyre's capital of is recorded as Southern Region^[27].

Body

Geography

Blantyre is in the country of Malawi^[4]. Blantyre is located in Blantyre District^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Blantyre covers an area of {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+228000000'}^[28]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1039'}^[29] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1041'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1895973'}^[21], {'amount': '+732518'}^[22], {'amount': '+219011'}^[23], {'amount': '+478155'}^[24], and {'amount': '+800264'}^[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6] and big city^[7].

History and Context

1876 marks the founding of Blantyre^[17]. Blantyre is named after Blantyre^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Blantyre include Blantyre District^[31], a district of Malawi^[32], in Malawi^[33].

Why It Matters

Blantyre draws 772 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #607 of 5,534).^[2] Blantyre has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Blantyre is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Blantyre include Blantyre District^[31], a district of Malawi^[32], in Malawi^[33].