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Ching'anda

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Air quality index

30Good
Coordinates-15.87°, 35.09°

Demographic figures from National Statistical Office (Malawi). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

Ching'anda is a village located in Southern, Malawi. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. Its coordinates of -15.869°, 35.089° place it in the tropical zone of the southern hemisphere. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-15.8693
Longitude
35.0891
Water area
—
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
30
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
3.1
PM10 (µg/m³)
4.1
Ozone (µg/m³)
60
NO₂ (µg/m³)
1

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
6,293
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Pied Crow
    Corvus albus Statius Muller, 1776 · Aves
    277
  • Common Bulbul
    Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
    244
  • Purple-crested Turaco
    Tauraco porphyreolophus (Vigors, 1831) · Aves
    150
  • House Sparrow
    Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    144
  • Southern Cordonbleu
    Uraeginthus angolensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    127
  • African Palm-Swift
    Cypsiurus parvus (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823) · Aves
    124
  • Speckled Mousebird
    Colius striatus J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
    117
  • White-browed Robin-Chat
    Cossypha heuglini Hartlaub, 1866 · Aves
    112

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
3
Largest magnitude
4.8
Largest event
2007-11-08

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in Southern

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Geography & sun

Nearby airports

Public attention

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Picasso Bug
Picasso Bug
Sphaerocoris annulus
Seen 2026-09-22
Olive Bee-eater
Olive Bee-eater
Merops superciliosus
Seen 2026-09-19
Speckled Mousebird
Speckled Mousebird
Colius striatus
Seen 2026-09-16
Pied Crow
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
Seen 2026-09-16
Garden Commodore
Garden Commodore
Precis archesia archesia
Seen 2026-09-16
Gaudy Commodore
Gaudy Commodore
Precis octavia
Seen 2026-09-16
African Yellow Pansy
African Yellow Pansy
Junonia hierta cebrene
Seen 2026-09-16
Pea Blue
Pea Blue
Lampides boeticus
Seen 2026-09-16
Ancistrotermes latinotus
Ancistrotermes latinotus
Ancistrotermes latinotus
Seen 2026-09-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Events

Gallery

Sources

  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • iNaturalist