Chikwawa

Chikwawa is a town with a population of 6,114 according to the 2018 census[1] located in the Southern Region of Malawi on the west bank of the Shire River.

Chikwawa lies almost 50 kilometres (30 mi) south of Blantyre, the commercial capital of Malawi.

[3] Chikwawa, then known as Chibisa's village, was the first town in Malawi to be seen by European explorers, when visited in March 1859 by David Livingstone's second Zambesi expedition.

Their way upstream was blocked by the Kapachira Falls, and they returned in August for land exploration which reached Lake Malawi on 18 September.

Large numbers of hippopotamus and crocodiles inhabit the Shire River area.