Phonebook of Mzuzu.com - +265 1 Malawi

Mzuzu is the capital
of Malawi's Northern Region
and is the third largest city in Malawi.

It is situated in Mzimba District,
in the center of an agricultural region,
and the area surrounding the city
specializes in tea, rubber, and coffee cultivation.

The City was originally developed
around the Commonwealth Development
Corporation's Tung Oil Estate in 1947
and received city status in 1985.

The name comes from a mispronunciation
of the word 'Vizuzu' by the white settlers.
It became a crossroads going south,
lakewards and northwards to Tanzania.