{"id":147,"date":"2009-07-24T11:07:37","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T18:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2019-08-10T09:30:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T16:30:15","slug":"about-malawi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/?page_id=147","title":{"rendered":"Info on Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Malawi &#8211; The Warm Heart of Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Malawi is a landlocked country located in southeastern Africa and is bordered by Zambia, Tanzania, and Mozambique.\u00a0 It is one of the top ten poorest countries in the world.\u00a0 Malawi declared its independence from the United Kingdom in 1964.\u00a0 Tobacco, tea, and sugar are its most important crops.<\/p>\n<p>Malawi\u2019s capital is Lilongwe, and Blantyre is its largest city.<\/p>\n<p>The size of the country is 118,000 square kilometers. The area is a bit smaller than England. Lake Malawi (560km \/ 350ml long), occupies much of the country&#8217;s eastern border. The eastern part of the country lies in the north-south Rift Valley, dropping in height from 500m (1600ft) above sea level at the lake to 40m (120ft) in the far south. The west has mountain ranges and high plateau areas reaching altitudes of over 1500m (5000 ft).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Malawi Profile<\/strong><br \/>\nOfficial Languages: English, Chichewa<br \/>\nPresident: Peter Mutharika<br \/>\nPopulation: 19 Million<br \/>\nCurrency: Kwacha<br \/>\nLife expectancy: 64 years<\/p>\n<p>Malawi is a sub-tropical country and has a single rainy season, which runs from November to late April and a dry season from May to October\/November.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the lake and in the south of the country, maximum temperatures can reach 30+\u00b0C and humidity is high. In the higher areas maximum temperatures are a more comfortable 25\u00b0C and it can even be chilly at night.<\/p>\n<p>The most common vegetation is brachystegia woodland, which is technically deciduous but loses it leaves only briefly in September\/ October. In some areas there are also the &#8220;upside-down&#8221; baobab trees and various types of palms. Around 400 orchid species have been identified in Malawi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For a detailed profile on Malawi please click on the following \u00a0U.S. Department of State Website at <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/7231.htm\">www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/7231.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malawi &#8211; The Warm Heart of Africa Malawi is a landlocked country located in southeastern Africa and is bordered by Zambia, Tanzania, and Mozambique.\u00a0 It is one of the top ten poorest countries in the world.\u00a0 Malawi declared its independence from the United Kingdom in 1964.\u00a0 Tobacco, tea, and sugar are its most important crops. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1891,"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147\/revisions\/1891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}