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Location: | Southern Africa, east of Zambia | Size: |
118,480 sq. km. (slightly smaller than Pennsylvania) Elevation varies from
37 to 3,002 meters | Population: | 12,000,000 (approximately) * 0-14 years: 46.8% * 15-64 years: 50.5% * 65+ years: 2.8% Average age: 16.5 years Life expectancy: 37.5 years HIV / AIDS: 14.2% | | Protestant 55% Roman Catholic 20% Muslim 20% Indigenous beliefs 3% Other beliefs 2% | Language: | English (official) Chichewe (official) other regional languages | Government: | Multiparty Democracy | Capital: | Lilongwe | Independence: | 06 July 1964 |
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