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Where is Malawi located in Africa?
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Malawi is a landlocked country situated in southeastern Africa. It occupies a narrow, curving strip of land that stretches approximately 520 miles (840 km) from north to south.21
The country is bordered by the following nations and geographic features:
* North: Tanzania1
* East: Lake Malawi and Mozambique1
* South: Mozambique1
* West: Zambia1
The nation's landscape is dominated by the East African Rift System, a massive troughlike depression that runs through the country and contains Lake Malawi, which accounts for more than one-fifth of the country's total area.32