Dowa, Malawi
Town in Central Region, Malawi
Town in Central Region, Malawi
13°40′S 33°55′E / 13.667°S 33.917°E / -13.667; 33.917 (2018 Census[1])
Dowa is a town located in the Central Region of Malawi. It is the administrative capital of Dowa District. William Kamkwamba, author of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope, was born and raised in Dowa.
Climate
Dowa has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb).
Climate data for Dowa, Malawi | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.0 (66.2) | 17.5 (63.5) | 15.1 (59.2) | 14.8 (58.6) | 16.3 (61.3) | 19.1 (66.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.6 (70.9) | 20.7 (69.3) | 18.8 (65.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 245 (9.6) | 200 (7.9) | 156 (6.1) | 36 (1.4) | 7 (0.3) | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0) | 7 (0.3) | 59 (2.3) | 186 (7.3) | 900 (35.3) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[2] |
Demographics
Year | Population[3][1] |
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1977 | 2,067 |
1998 | 4,493 |
2008 | 4,765 |
2018 | 7,135 |
References
- ^ a b "2018 Population and Housing Census Main Report" (PDF). Malawi National Statistical Office. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Climate:Dowa". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ World Gazetteer: Malawi: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
13°40′S 33°55′E / 13.667°S 33.917°E / -13.667; 33.917
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