Nkhotakota

Nkhotakota
Wuri
12°55′00″S 34°18′00″E
Jamhuriya	Malawi
Gundumar Malawi	Yankin Tsakiya
Gundumar Malawi	Gundumar Nkhotakota
Babban birnin	Gundumar Nkhotakota
Labarin ƙasa
Altitude (en)	1,548 ft

Nkhotakota (N-kho-tah-kho-tuh) (tsohon Kota Kota) (sunan da aka samo daga Chichewa don "Kwallon Ƙofa") gari ne kuma ɗayan gundumomi ne a Yankin Tsakiya na Malawi . Yana kan iyakar Tafkin Malawi (tsohon Tafkin Nyasa) kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan tashoshin jiragen ruwa a Tafkin Malawi . Ya zuwa 2018, Nkhotakota tana da yawan jama'a da aka kiyasta 28,350. Gundumar tana da yawan jama'a 301,000.

Tarihi

Nkhotakota asalin rukuni ne na ƙauyuka a cikin karni na 19 wanda daga baya ya zama kasuwa ga 'yan kasuwa na bayi na Swahili-Arabiya. David Livingstone ya shawo kan Cif Jumbe ya dakatar da cinikin bayi a ƙarƙashin itace a Nkhotakota a cikin karni na 19, wanda a halin yanzu yake a ƙarƙashin manufa.

A cikin 1905, Mary Hall ta zo ta nan yayin da ta yi tafiya don zama mace ta farko da ta yi tafiye-tafiye daga Cape Town zuwa Alkahira. Ta zo ne daga Mangochi.

Shugaban Malawi Hastings Banda ya ba da jawabai a ƙarƙashin wani itace a Nkhotakota a cikin shekarun 1960, wannan wanda aka fi sani da itacen Livingstone . Wannan garin ya sami ambaliyar ruwa ta shekara ta 2001, kuma shine mafi munin yankin da ya faru a yankin tsakiya na Malawi. A yau, Nkhotakota ita ce babbar garin gargajiya na Afirka a Malawi kuma tana da tasirin Swahili-Arab mai ƙarfi.

Yanayin ƙasa

Mwaya Beach a Nkhotakota Bay a kan Tafkin Malawi

Nkhotakota tana da tsawo na mita 472 (1,548 a bakin Tekun Malawi . Tana kan dutsen dutse wanda ke kallon tashar jiragen ruwa ta halitta da ke kallon Nkhotakota Bay, wanda yashi ya kafa. Bugu da kari, Nkhotakota yana da kilomita 200 (120 daga Lilongwe, babban birnin Malawi, da kilomita 378 (235 daga Blantyre, birni mafi girma a Malawi.

Dabbobi na daji

Nkhotakota gida ce ga Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve, inda, a cewar Lonely Planet, mutum yana da kyakkyawar damar ganin giwaye. Har ila yau, wurin ajiya yana da nau'ikan antelope da yawa, buffalo, da leopards. Yawancin manyan koguna sun haye wannan ajiya, mafi girma a Malawi.

Kimanin kilomita 24 (15 kudu da Nkhotakota shine Chia Lagoon, babban bay da ke da alaƙa da Tafkin Malawi ta hanyar karamin tashar, wanda gada ta haye kusa da babbar hanyar Nkhotakota.

Tattalin Arziki

Babban ma'aikaci 'mai zaman kansa' a cikin gundumar shine kamfanin masana'antar sukari "Dwangwa Sugar corporation" (a halin yanzu a karkashin Illovo). Yawancin mazauna yankin ƙananan manoma ne na shinkafa, cassava da masara, yayin da wasu da yawa ƙananan masunta ne, waɗanda ke kamun kifi a kai a kai a bakin Tekun Malawi, Chia Lagoon da sauran koguna da yawa ciki har da Bua, Dwangwa, Dwambazi da Chilua, ta amfani da taru na triangular a kan sanduna, ƙugiyoyi, da sauransu.