Nkaya

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Nkaya

Nkaya, also known as Nacaia, is a town in Malawi, located in the district of Balaka and in the Southern Region of the country. [1]

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In 2022 the local Rivi Rivi River which feeds the Shire River diverted by about 500 metres as the result of rainfall and Tropical Storm Ana. A village called Chipanga and a railway line was under threat. The river was preventing people from using the existing road. The local MP Ireen Mambala organised a negotiation with four local families in Nkaya for a new route to be established across their crops. Mambala made them a present of two bags of maize and some money and thanked them publicly for their munificence. [1]

Its economy is predominantly agricultural, but it has an important logistics sector, as it serves as the junction point of the country's road-rail systems. [2]

Transport

The city's railway station serves as the junction of the national railway network, between the Sena railway and the Nacala railway. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Balaka South MP Mambala forced to divert cutoff road road through a nearby village's maize field". www.nyasatimes.com. 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
  2. Malawi Infrastructure Sector Overview. ICED. 2018.
  3. Nacala Railway Line. Virtual PIDA Information Centre - Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa. 2021.
  4. Placido, Antonio; Marchesini, Marco; Cerreta, Vincenzo. The importance of railways for developing countries. The feasibility study for the rehabilitation of the Mchinji to Nkaya rail line in Malawi. In.: Transport Infrastructure and Systems. CRC Press. 1st Edition. 2017.

15°08′00″S35°02′00″E / 15.1333°S 35.0333°E / -15.1333; 35.0333