| Dowa | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
  DowaLocation in Malawi | |
| Coordinates: 13°40′S 33°55′E / 13.667°S 33.917°E / -13.667; 33.917 | |
| Country |  Malawi |
| Region | Central Region |
| District | Dowa District |
| Population | |
| • Total | 7,135 |
| Time zone | +2 |
| Climate | Cwb |
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.
During the 2019 Malawian general election five MPs in Dowa failed to be re-elected but Halima Daud and fellow former deputy minister Abel Kayembe both won back their seats.
Climate
Dowa has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb).
| Climate data for Dowa, Malawi | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1977 | 2,067 |
| 1998 | 4,493 |
| 2008 | 4,765 |
| 2018 | 7,135 |
References
- ^ "2018 Population and Housing Census Main Report" (PDF). Malawi National Statistical Office. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- Chauwa, Alfred (2015-07-27). "Malawi: MCP Boost! Chakwera Welcomes Back Gwengwe, Kayembe, Zulu, Kalazi Mbewe". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- "Halima Daud, Kayembe return to Parliament as 5 ex-MPs in Dowa purged - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi". www.nyasatimes.com. 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- "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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