Dowa, Malawi

Dowa
Town
Dowa Location in Malawi
Coordinates: 13°40′S 33°55′E
Country	Malawi
Region	Central Region
District	Dowa District
Population  (2018 Census[1])
• Total	7,135
Time zone	+2
Climate	Cwb

Dowa is a town located in the Central Region of Malawi. It is the administrative capital of Dowa District. William Kamkwamba, author of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope, was born and raised in Dowa.

During the 2019 Malawian general election^[2] five MPs in Dowa failed to be re-elected but Halima Daud and fellow former deputy minister Abel Kayembe both won back their seats.^[3]

Climate

Dowa has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb).

Climate data for Dowa, Malawi
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Daily mean °C (°F)	20.2 (68.4)	20.0 (68.0)	20.0 (68.0)	19.0 (66.2)	17.5 (63.5)	15.1 (59.2)	14.8 (58.6)	16.3 (61.3)	19.1 (66.4)	21.3 (70.3)	21.6 (70.9)	20.7 (69.3)	18.8 (65.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	245 (9.6)	200 (7.9)	156 (6.1)	36 (1.4)	7 (0.3)	2 (0.1)	1 (0.0)	1 (0.0)	0 (0)	7 (0.3)	59 (2.3)	186 (7.3)	900 (35.3)
Source: Climate-Data.org[4]

Demographics

Year	Population[5][1]
1977	2,067
1998	4,493
2008	4,765
2018	7,135

References

1. "2018 Population and Housing Census Main Report" (PDF). Malawi National Statistical Office. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
2. Chauwa, Alfred (2015-07-27). "Malawi: MCP Boost! Chakwera Welcomes Back Gwengwe, Kayembe, Zulu, Kalazi Mbewe". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
3. "Halima Daud, Kayembe return to Parliament as 5 ex-MPs in Dowa purged - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi". www.nyasatimes.com. 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
4. "Climate:Dowa". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
5. World Gazetteer: Malawi: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

13°40′S 33°55′E