Rumphi




Coordinates: 11°01′S 33°52′E / 11.017°S 33.867°E / -11.017; 33.867


Place in Northern Region, Malawi






























Rumphi


Rumphi is located in Malawi

Rumphi

Rumphi



Location in Malawi

Coordinates: 11°01′S 33°52′E / 11.017°S 33.867°E / -11.017; 33.867
Country
 Malawi
Region Northern Region
District Rumphi District
Population
(2008)

 • Total 27 988
Time zone +2
Climate Cwa

Rumphi is the capital of the Rumphi District in the Northern Region of Malawi. It is a lively town with a market which serves the widespread tobacco farming community.
Rumphi is noted for the kindness of the people (it is even rude to pass by someone without greeting them)[citation needed]. It is directly on the way to Nyika National Park, Nyika Plateau, Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve. Unlike its larger neighbour, Mzuzu, which has mild sunny weather almost all year,
Rumphi has a differing climate. The town, being surrounded by hills, always has a nice wind. The town is bounded by the Rumphi river in the east and the South_Rukuru_River in the south.



Weekly cattle market in Rumphi

Weekly cattle market in Rumphi


Rumphi is famous for the cattle market. On every Saturday morning at 6:00 a.m. farmers and dealers are coming from far to sell and buy cattle. It is the biggest cattle market between Lilongwe, Karonga, and Mzimba.
Along the road to Bolero, opposite the FDH Bank is Roscher Youth Development Centre and on its plot to the South Rukuru River the Support Malawi e.V. organization. The youth built the first Earthbag House.




First earthbag house in Rumphi district at Roscher Youth Development Centre



Demographics



















Year
Population[1]
1987
7 156
1998
13 977
2008
27 988


References





  1. ^ World Gazetteer: Malawi: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population









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