Lilongwe

Malawi

Lilongwe is the capital and largest city of Malawi. It has a population of 989,318 as of the 2018 Census, up from a population of 674,448 in 2008. In 2020, that figure was 1,122,000. The city is located in the central region of Malawi, in the district of the same name, near the borders with Mozambique and Zambia, and it is an important economic and transportation hub for central Malawi. It is named after the Lilongwe River.

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Country: Malawi
Population: 646,750
Latitude: 13.98° S
Longitude: 33.78° E

Which way is Lilongwe from…

From Paris, Lilongwe lies at 147° to the south-east, 7,642 km as the crow flies.

Paris	147° south-east	7,642 km
London	145° south-east	7,985 km
New York	89° east	12,507 km
Madrid	139° south-east	7,179 km
Rome	156° south-east	6,586 km
Montreal	88° east	12,458 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	285° west	2,420 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Lilongwe lies due south of Nicosia: 179° on the compass, 5,465 km away. From London, aim south-east, at 145°, for 7,985 km. From New York, a flat map would have you aim at 119°, south-east; the compass says 89°, due east. And from Saint-Denis on Réunion Island, Malawi’s capital is only 2,420 km away, to the west (285°).