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Dowa (Central Region) is a seat of a second-order administrative division; located in Malawi in Africa/Blantyre (GMT+2) time zone. With population of 5,565 people, there are 27 cities with bigger population in this country. Compared to other cities in Malawi, 65.7% of cities are located further ↓South; 74.3% of cities are located further →East and 94.3% of cities have lower elevation than Dowa. Note1

Administrative division(s):

Current local time in Dowa:

08:12 PM, Sunday
Difference from your time zone: hours
[3]

Dowa on map:[1]

Dowa on map

Dowa GPS coordinates[2]

13° 39' 14.364" South, 33° 56' 15.144" East

Map corner latitude longitude
Upper-left -12.96976°, 33.23442°
Center: -13.65399°, 33.93754°
Lower-right: -14.33624°, 34.64067°
Map W x H: 151.9×151.9 km = 94.4×94.4mi
max Lat: -9.70237°
  ⇑34.3% North
Dowa: -13.65399°
min Lat:   ⇓65.7% South
-16.91995°
Note1
min Long Dowa max Long
32.88019° 33.93754° 35.65067°
W 25.7%⇐   ⇒74.3% E

Elevation

Elevation of Dowa is 1361 m = 4465 ft, and this is 492.3 m = 1615 ft above average elevation for this country.

Max E:
 
1608 m = 5276 ft 5.7%
Dowa 1361 m 4465 ft  
Avg. 868.7 m = 2850 ft  

Min E:
55 m = 180 ft 94.3%

See also: Malawi elevation on elevation.city.


Geographical zone

Dowa is located in South Torrid zone (between Equator and Tropic of Capricorn). Distance of this Southern Tropic circle is 1087.7 km =675.9 mi to South.
Distance of km miles from Dowa
Equator 1518.2 943.4 to North
Tropic Capricorn 1087.7 675.9 to South
Antarctic Circle 5883 3655.5 to South
South Pole 8488.9 5274.8 to South
8488.9 km
1518.2 km

Nearby cities:

15 places around Dowa: (largest is in red/bold)

Balaka 183.7 km =114.1 mi, 143°
Chipoka 72.9 km =45.3 mi, 121°
Dedza 91.1 km =56.6 mi, 152°
Kasungu 84.7 km =52.6 mi, 324°
Likoma 196.4 km =122 mi, 26°
Lilongwe 38.4 km =23.9 mi, 205°
Mangochi 169.9 km =105.6 mi, 122°
Mchinji 115.3 km =71.6 mi, 261°
Monkey Bay 115.9 km =72 mi, 114°
Mponela 25.3 km =15.7 mi, 302°
Mzimba 198.4 km =123.3 mi, 349°
Nkhotakota 89.6 km =55.7 mi, 25°
Ntcheu 149.9 km =93.1 mi, 149°
Ntchisi 14.2 km =8.8 mi, 350°
Salima 58 km =36 mi, 104°


Sources, notices
• [Note1] Compared only with cities in Malawi existing in our database
• [Src1] Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (CC-BY-SA)
• [Src2] Other city data from geonames.org with taken over terms of usage.
• [Src3] Geographical zone / Annual Mean Temperature by Robert A. Rohde @ Wikipedia