Nsanje

▪ Malawi

formerly  Port Herald,  

      town, southern Malawi (Malaŵi). It lies along the west bank of the Shire River and is situated north of the Ndindi Marsh. The nation's southernmost town, it serves as a customs post on the Mozambique border and is a trade and transportation centre on the north-south Blantyre-Beira railway (completed 1935). The surrounding area occupies the fertile western Shire valley, and cotton, tobacco, rice, and corn (maize) are the chief products. Pop. (1998) 16,987.

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