Balaka District

Summary

Balaka District is a district of Malawi^[1]. It draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (district_of_malawi category, ranking #8 of 26).^[2]

Key Facts

• Balaka District is located in Southern Region^[3].
• Balaka District is in the country of Malawi^[4].
• Balaka District's instance of is recorded as district of Malawi^[5].
• Balaka District's capital is recorded as Balaka Township^[6].
• Balaka District's shares border with is recorded as Mangochi District^[7].
• Balaka District's shares border with is recorded as Machinga District^[8].
• Balaka District's shares border with is recorded as Zomba District^[9].
• Balaka District's shares border with is recorded as Ntcheu District^[10].
• Balaka District's shares border with is recorded as Neno District^[11].
• Balaka District's locator map image is recorded as MW-Balaka.png^[12].
• Balaka District's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as MW-BA^[13].
• Balaka District's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 7345873^[14].
• Balaka District's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -15, 'lon': 35}^[15].
• Balaka District's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -15.04839, 'lon': 35.0591}^[16].
• Balaka District's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06pzkn^[17].
• Balaka District's FIPS 10-4 is recorded as MI26^[18].
• Balaka District's GeoNames ID is recorded as 1105840^[19].
• Balaka District's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+633'}^[20].
• Balaka District's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+655'}^[21].
• Balaka District's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2193'}^[22].
• Balaka District's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as 6240704^[23].
• Balaka District's language used is recorded as Yao^[24].
• Balaka District's geoshape is recorded as Data:Malawi/Balaka.map^[25].
• Balaka District's Who's on First ID is recorded as 890435513^[26].
• Balaka District's iNaturalist place ID is recorded as 11365^[27].

Body

Geography

Balaka District is in the country of Malawi^[4]. It is located in Southern Region^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Balaka District's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2193'}^[22]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+633'}^[20] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+655'}^[21].

Designation and Status

Balaka District's instance of is recorded as district of Malawi^[5].

Why It Matters

Balaka District draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (district_of_malawi category, ranking #8 of 26).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]