Malawi

=__**Malawi**__=

TASKS: 1. Size of an average family in your allocated country 2. Food and water needs for an average family in your country. 3. Political/military/geographical realities of the country. 4. Designs of water and grain storage facilities.

Facts about Malawi
__ Location: __ // Malawi is in southern Africa, east of Zambia // __ Geography: __ // The size of Malawi is 118,480 sq km // __ Population: __ // Over 13 million people live in Malawi. // // Birth rate is on average 5.9 per women. // __ Language: __ // Chichewa 57.2%, Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, and other 3.6%. // __ Religion: __ // Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, and none 4.3% //

Meaning of the Flag There are three colors on the flag which is red, black, and green. And there is the rising sun in the middle. The rising sun represent hope, and freedom. The black color means African, the red color represent the blood that they bled for freedom, and independence, and the green color represent the nature of Africa.

About the Republic of Malawi The capital city of the ‘Republic of Malawi’ is Lilongwe. The languages they use are English, and their own language that only Malawi people use. The climate of Malawi is subtropical regions seasonal wind.

Task:

// 1) // The average of family size is 5 in Malawi

The total number of population in Malawi is 12,884,000 Average land per family is 1.5 Hectares

2 ) n/a However we found some information on the countries food and water facts

Number of livestock in country: Chickens 20,518,050 Goats 2,491,826 Cattle 833,569 Pigs 720,728

Agriculture sector contribution to GDP: 35-40%

Area of land under irrigation:62 000 hectares(48,000 hectares under estate farming,14 000hectares under smallholder farming)

3) Politics: By 1994 May, the republic of Malawi was made a center of presidential systems. The president is the head of the country for 5 years. Military: THe military is the service of the republic of Malawi. People must be over 18 years old, and the period of military service is between 2~5 years. In average the number of solider was around 6000. Most of them are in the infantry, air force is 80, and 220 of them are marines. Geographical:The republic of Malawi can be divided in 4 different part. 1. The East Africa 2. Central Region Plateau 3. Around Nacka Mountain 4. Around the Zomba Mountain.

4) Malawi is one of the world's least-developed countries, with an economy based basically on agriculture and over 90 percent of its population rural. Malawi's population has been hard hit by drought and crop failures, which have produced widespread famine in recent years. AIDS has also taken its toll, reducing the expected life span 51.1 years to 36.6 years.