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Salima

human settlement in Salima District, Malawi
Place Human Settlement Q979028

Facts

7 properties

Identity

Instance of
human settlement

Location

Country
Malawi[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -13.778°, 34.450°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Salima District[2]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+538[6]
More facts +2
Capital of
Salima District[4]
Different from
Salima[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Salima fa سالیما (شهر) he סלימה ja サリマ ru Салима tr Salima, Malavi uk Саліма (містечко) zh 萨利马 zh-hant 薩利馬
🔖 Identifiers · 14
VIAF cluster ID
126803808
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n91057288
GND ID
4118284-4
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
salima
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Salima
Freebase ID
/m/02zvbm
GNS Unique Feature ID
-1486808
GeoNames ID
924055
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1091089
J9U entity ID
987007565097905171
OpenWeatherMap city ID
924055
Who's on First ID
421201075
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WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJx4pqpRGkrCqckFQpmDbd
Yale LUX ID
place/3890c97e-259c-4dd2-a49a-6d1de42eb7f6
📚 Sources · 1
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20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
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CC BY 4.0
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🔗 Connections
Capital of 1
Salima District
Country 1
Malawi
Instance of 1
human settlement
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Salima District
Located in time zone 1
UTC+02:00
Named after 1
Salima Airport
People born here 1
Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa
← Capital 1
Salima District
← Place served by transport hub 1
Salima Airport
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Summary

Salima is a human settlement[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Salima include Salima Airport[7], an airport[8], in Malawi[9].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Salima include Salima Airport[7], an airport[8], in Malawi[9].

Related Entities

Malawi

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → Salima District
    Different from → Salima
    Coordinate location → -13.778°, 34.450°
    Located in time zone → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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