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Karonga rice fields
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Karonga is known as 'an island of Tumbuka language and culture in a sea of Tumbuka and Ngonde people.'

Karonga
Malawi
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Karonga

Malawi

Country
Malawi
Population
52.0K
Coordinates
-9.93, 33.93
1262nd most populous city in the world

Karonga is a township in the Karonga District in Northern Region of Malawi in southeastern Africa. Located on the western shore of Lake Malawi, it was established as a slaving centre sometime before 1877. As of 2018 estimates, Karonga has a population of 61,609.

From the “Demographics” section

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Photo: Swathi Sridharan · CC BY-SA 2.0