Lilongwe is the capital of which country?

Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest,Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. Malawi is over 118,000 km2 (45,560 sq mi) with an estimated population of 16,777,547 (July 2013 est.). Its capital is Lilongwe, which is also Malawi's largest city.

Lilongwe had existed for centuries as a small fishing village on the banks of the Lilongwe River. During British Colonial Rule, the settlement became an administrative center due to its strategic location. Formally founded in 1906 as a trading post, Lilongwe was officially recognized as a town in 1947. After gaining independence, it increasingly developed into an important trading center in Malawi's central region. Its growth was encouraged when the country's former head of state,Hastings Kamuzu Banda, established it as Malawi's new capital city in 1975. The city's population is increasing rapidly, with an annual growth rate of 4.3%.

Finance, banking, retail trade, construction, transport, public administration, tourism, and tobacco manufacturing are the main economic activities in the city. 76 percent of Lilongwe's population live in informal settlements, while poverty stands at 25 percent and unemployment at 16 percent.The civil service employs about 27 percent of all formal workers, while 40 percent work in the private sector and 2 percent are self-employed.