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Mission station under Mount Soche, buzzing commercial city
Blantyre
Blantyre and neighbouring Limbe together form the economic heart of Malawi. The city is named after David Livingstone's Glasgwegian birthplace, linked by its origins as a missionary settlement.
In 1876, Scottish missionaries settled under Mount Soche. The led to an African Lakes Company trading centre, drawing local people to seek protection from aggressive Ngoni neighbours. Permanent houses and stores were built around the central triangle that exists today. Limbe, in turn, grew up around the railhead that was to link it to the coast at Beira.
Modern day Blantyre is busy with street stalls and markets to visit as well as craft stalls in the town centre. Limbe boasts the biggest of the markets, everything from vegetables to engine spares in true African fashion.
Cathedral of St Michael's and All Angels was the first permanent structure of Christian Worship to be built between Zambesi and Nile. The ornate structure was built largely from the mud of termite mounds. Mandala House, also from the 1890s, was the headquarters of African Lakes Company. It now houses an Art Gallery with Mua Mission carvings.
Blantyre
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