Malawi's second-largest city and its center of finance and commerce, sometimes called the country's commercial and industrial capital as distinct from the political capital Lilongwe. It is the capital of both the Southern Region and Blantyre District, with a population of 800,264 as of the 2018 census.
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Source Malawi Judiciary: Supreme Court of AppealSeat of the CourtQuote, Seat of the Court
Although the seat of the Court is in Blantyre, it does conduct court assizes in locations of Lilongwe and Mzuzu to enhance the accessibility of justice to the public.
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1. Blantyre (Wikipedia)
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Blantyre is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with a population of 800,264 as of 2018.
Infobox: area_total_km2
240
Infobox: elevation_m
1039
Infobox: established_date
1876
Infobox, coordinates
coordinates = 15°47′10″S 35°0′21″E
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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