Likoma Island

Likoma Island

      island in Lake Nyasa (Nyasa, Lake), Malawi (Malaŵi), just northwest of Cóbuè, Mozambique. Located near the lake's eastern shore, the rocky and barren island has an area of 7 square miles (18 square km). There is some fishing and limited cultivation of grain; cassava and corn (maize) are imported. The Universities' Mission to Central Africa (Church of England) established a station there in 1885 as a base for operations against the slave trade and built an imposing cathedral (completed 1911). Likoma village is on the southeastern shore. Pop. (1977) 6,529; (1998) 8,074.

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