Mponela

Mponela
Mponela
	Mponela Location in Malawi
	Coordinates: 13°31′S 33°43′E / 13.517°S 33.717°E
Country	Malawi
Region	Central Region
District	Dowa District
Population (2018 Census)
• Total	24,543
Time zone	+2
Climate	Cwa

Mponela is a town in Dowa District in the Central Region of Malawi.

Mponela lies at 1,200 m in the Dowa District in the Central Region of Malawi, 60 km north of Lilongwe, with a population of 24,543 (2018 Census). It is on the tarred road between Lilongwe–Mzuzu, is connected with power and phone lines and has an airstrip.

Mponela is primarily an agricultural town without touristic interest. The government maintains a nutrition centre in which 700 children per day obtain food.

Demographics

Year	Population^[2]^[1]
1998	9,846
2008	14,322
2018	24,543

References

^ ^a ^b "2018 Population and Housing Census Main Report" (PDF). Malawi National Statistical Office. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
^ World Gazetteer: Malawi: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population

13°31′S 33°43′E / 13.517°S 33.717°E / -13.517; 33.717

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[Census2018-1] "2018 Population and Housing Census Main Report" (PDF). Malawi National Statistical Office. Retrieved 25 December 2019.

[2] World Gazetteer: Malawi: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population

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