Blantyre

Summary

Blantyre is a city^[1]. Blantyre draws 261 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #607 of 5,534).^[2]

Key Facts

• Blantyre is located in Blantyre District^[3].
• Blantyre is in the country of Malawi^[4].
• Blantyre's head of government is recorded as Joseph Makwinja^[5].
• Blantyre's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Blantyre's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Blantyre's official language is recorded as English^[8].
• Blantyre's official language is recorded as Chewa^[9].
• Blantyre is named after Blantyre^[10].
• Blantyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hanover^[11].
• Blantyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kaohsiung^[12].
• Blantyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ndola^[13].
• Blantyre's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 247306541^[14].
• Blantyre's GND ID is recorded as 4284449-6^[15].
• Blantyre's postal code is recorded as 312200^[16].
• Blantyre's Commons category is recorded as Blantyre^[17].
• Blantyre's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[18].
• +1876-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Blantyre^[19].
• Blantyre's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -15.786111111111, 'lon': 35.005833333333}^[20].
• Blantyre's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02zv5r^[21].
• Blantyre's official website is recorded as https://bccmw.com/^[22].
• Blantyre's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blantyre^[23].
• Blantyre's page banner is recorded as Blantyre banner.png^[24].
• Blantyre's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1895973'}^[25].
• Blantyre's population is recorded as {'amount': '+732518'}^[26].
• Blantyre's population is recorded as {'amount': '+219011'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Blantyre is in the country of Malawi^[4]. Blantyre is located in Blantyre District^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Blantyre's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+228000000'}^[28]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1039'}^[29] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1041'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1895973'}^[25], {'amount': '+732518'}^[26], {'amount': '+219011'}^[27], {'amount': '+478155'}^[31], and {'amount': '+800264'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6] and big city^[7].

History and Context

+1876-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Blantyre^[19]. Blantyre is named after Blantyre^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Blantyre include Blantyre District^[33], a district of Malawi^[34], in Malawi^[35].

Why It Matters

Blantyre draws 261 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #607 of 5,534).^[2] Blantyre has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Blantyre is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for Blantyre include Blantyre District^[33], a district of Malawi^[34], in Malawi^[35].