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Thyolo
Southern Region, Malawi · Africa
About Thyolo
Thyolo sits on the route: 20 minutes from Luchenza.
Thyolo is in Southern Region, Malawi, with about 8,800 people. The nearest town is Luchenza, about 19 km away.
Thyolo is a town located in the Southern Region of Malawi. It is the administrative capital of Thyolo District. Traditional Authority Mphuka in Thyolo District is one of the 10 Traditional Authorities in Thyolo District in Malawi. There are a number of activities considered unsustainable that communities in the areaRead more
practise which are detrimental to development.
Malawi being an agricultural based economy production is dependent on natural resources whose availability and stability cannot be guaranteed in the area. Livelihoods are affected by non sustainable practices such as wanton cutting down of trees, shifting cultivation, and poor agricultural practices. The drivers of deforestation and soil erosion are interrelated with growing human population, increased demand of firewood and limited job opportunities being the main ones. The State of Environment Report of 2000 for the district identified five pressing environmental issues for the district and these included: overpopulation, encroachment in water catchment areas, poor public place sanitation, declining fish catch from natural water bodies and loss of biodiversity. One other thing that has exacerbated the social economic status of the people in this district is the introduction of tea estates a long time ago which took almost all cultivatable land away from the inhabitants leaving them only with casual labouring in the estates as an alternative for survival. The estates do little, if not nothing, for the lives of these vulnerable people.
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Thyolo is in Southern Region, Malawi, about 19 km from Luchenza.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 8,845
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Malawi
- Region
- Southern Region
- Timezone
- Africa/Blantyre
- Coordinates
- -16.0678, 35.1405
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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