Dunduzu, Mzuzu | |
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Coordinates: 11°23′15″S33°59′11″E / 11.38750°S 33.98639°E | |
Country | Malawi |
Region | Northern Region, Malawi |
Municipality | Mzuzu |
Established | 1940 |
Government | |
• Type | Unitary presidential republic |
Area | |
• Total | 42.00 km2 (16.22 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 19,512 |
• Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2018) | |
• Black African | 98.1% |
• Asian | 1.1% |
• White | 0.8% |
First languages (2018) | |
• Tumbuka | 98.1% |
• Tonga | 1.1% |
• Chewa | 0.7% |
• Other | 2.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
Dunduzu, Mzuzu is a residential town in the outskirts of Mzuzu. [1] [2] It is located North of Mzuzu, Northern Region, Malawi. [3] It connects Ekwendeni and Lupaso. [4] It is a home to Dunduzu FC. Chitumbuka is the predominant language spoken in the area which is also the official regional language of the Northern Region of Malawi. Nearby towns include Luwinga, and Nkholongo. [5] [6]
You Are Not Alone (YANA) is a foundation founded in 2021 in Dunduzu. [7] It was founded by local single parent Tusayiwe Mkhondya. [8] Her son was born when she was sixteen and he was autistic. She realised that he was being mistreated at school and she decided to open her own school. She began to foster other children and the facility grew. [9]
* Orton Chirwa International Airport (proposed)