Bwengu
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| Country | File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi |
| Region | Northern Region |
| District | Mzimba District |
| Time zone | UTC+2 |
Bwengu is a community in Malawi's Mzimba District. It is approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) by road northeast of Mzimba.[1] and about 54 kilometres (34 mi), by road, northwest of the city of Mzuzu.[2] Bwengu is approximately 409 kilometres (254 mi), by road, north of Lilongwe, the capital city of Malawi.[3]
Description
[edit | edit source]Bwengu has a primary school and the Community Day Secondary School has about 400 students. The primary school obtained desks for the children to sit at in 2025.[4] The school has links with Crescent School in Rugby.[5] In 2023, a new computer classroom was installed in the secondary school. The school has an attendance of over 90% in the lower part of the secondary school and over 70% in the upper part. Roughly three quarters of the adult population are literate.[6]
Bwengu has a football team. It was one of several in Mzimba North constituency who competed for a K6.5m prize offered by Rosemary Mkandawire in 2018. Mkandawire was a former CEO of Toyota Malawi and at that time a prospective parliamentary candidate.[7] In 2025 Catherine Mzumara announced a 15 million Kwacha football tournament to run over several months accompanied by talks and traditional dancing.[8] Mzumara was elected.
Bwengu Solar Power Station was under construction on 105 hectares (260 acres) of land, in the hamlet of Ulalo Nyirenda, in 2022.[9]
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