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.

Dowa
Town
Dowa is located in Malawi
Dowa
Dowa
Location in Malawi
Coordinates: 13°40′S 33°55′E / 13.667°S 33.917°E / -13.667; 33.917
Country Malawi
RegionCentral Region
DistrictDowa District
Population
 (2018 Census[1])
 • Total
7,135
Time zone+2
ClimateCwb

Climate

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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[2]

Demographics

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Year Population[3][1]
1977 2,067
1998 4,493
2008 4,765
2018 7,135

References

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  1. ^ a b "2018 Population and Housing Census Main Report" (PDF). Malawi National Statistical Office. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Climate:Dowa". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  3. ^ 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 / 13.667°S 33.917°E / -13.667; 33.917