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Malawi's new capital Lilongwe moves toward 1980 completion
Malawi plans to relocate government to Lilongwe from Blantyre Zomba as a planned capital city. The Capital City Development Corporation budgets 60 square miles for the new city with a 200 acre government complex and a 360 acre dammed lake. Infrastructure starts with a $11 million South African loan for ministries works and services and an aim to reach 100 000 residents by 1980 and possibly half a million by century's end.
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Paul Davey
Blantyre
Malawi
H. Kamuzu Banda
Banda
Zomba
Lilongwe
South Africa
Pretoria
Kwacha
Agriculture
Natural Resources
Education
Capital City Development Corporation
CCDC
Capital Hill