Malawi's climate is hot in the low-lying areas in the south of the country and temperate in the northern highlands. The altitude moderates what would be an otherwise equatorial climate.

Chichewa is a Bantu language widely spoken in Malawi, while a very close dialect of Chichewa, called Chinyanja, is spoken in much of Zambia and parts of Mozambique. The following materials are available for downloading for the study of Chichewa.

Since 1970, the kwacha, denoted by the ISO code MWK, has been the monetary unit of Malawi. The Malawian kwacha is further divided into 100 tambala.

http://www.malawi.visahq.com

The population of Malawi in 2003 was estimated by the United Nations at 12, 105, 000, which placed it as number 69 in population among the 193 nations of the world. In that year approximately 3% of the population was over 65 years of age, with another 46% of the population under 15 years of age.

Lilongwe, estimated population 902, 388 as of 2009, is the capital and largest city of Malawi.