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Chizumulu Island is the smaller of two islands in Lake Malawi, the larger being the nearby Likoma island, which together make up the Likoma District. Both these islands lie just a few kilometres from Mozambique and are entirely surrounded by Mozambican territorial waters, but they belong to Malawi. They are therefore exclaves of Malawi. This came about because the islands were colonised by Anglican missionaries spreading east from Nyasaland, rather than by the Portuguese who colonised Mozambique. The British originally claimed the entire Lake Nyasa/Lake Malawi, but in 1954 signed an agreement with Portugal, which recognized the centre of the lake as the boundary between their holdings and Mozambique, and making these islands an enclave.[1]

Chizumulu can be reached by steamer from the port of Nkhata Bay on the mainland of Malawi. The MV Ilala steamer that weekly crosses Lake Malawi stops at Chizumulu. Smaller boats including dhows cross the strait between Likoma and Chizumulu.

The island supports a population of about 4,000 people. Like Likoma, the island imports most of its food from the mainland. There is electricity on the island from 6am-10pm (with a break between 12-2pm), and no road. However, there is a well-constructed path which runs around the outside of the island, which can be walked around in about three hours.

The island consists of two large hills, with a flatter area to the south. Cassava plantations cover much of the lower slopes of the hills, with the upper parts being forested. Many baobab trees are present.

The locals speak a Nkamanga dialect, a variety of Nyanja.[2]

Notes

External links

• Travel blog entry
• Photos at world-traveller.org

На других языках

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[de] Chizumulu

Chizumulu ist eine kleine Insel im Malawisee. Sie gehört zu Malawi, befindet sich aber als Enklave mit ihrer Nachbarinsel Likoma in den Hoheitsgewässern von Mosambik.

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- [en] Chizumulu Island

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[fr] Chizumulu

L'île de Chizumulu est la plus petite des deux îles du lac Malawi (l'autre étant celle de Likoma). Bien qu'enclavée dans les eaux territoriales du Mozambique, elle fait partie du Malawi, les deux îles formant le district de Likoma.

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[it] Chizumulu

L'isola di Chizumulu è la più piccola delle due isole abitate del Lago Malawi; con la più grande e vicina isola di Likoma, costituisce il Distretto di Likoma. Entrambe le isole appartengono al Malawi ma si trovano a pochi chilometri dal Mozambico e sono interamente circondate dalle acque territoriali mozambicane. Sono quindi exclavi del Malawi. Ciò è dovuto alla colonizzazione delle isole da parte di missionari anglicani che si trovavano a est dal Nyasaland, mentre i portoghesi colonizzavano il Mozambico. Gli inglesi originariamente rivendicavano l'intero lago Malawi, ma nel 1954 firmarono un accordo con il Portogallo che riconosceva il centro del lago come confine tra i loro possedimenti e il Mozambico, e rendeva queste isole un'exclave[1].

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[ru] Чисумулу

Чисумулу (англ. Chizumulu Island) или Ризумуло — меньший из двух обитаемых островов на озере Ньяса (Малави), вблизи от побережья Мозамбика. Является эксклавом Малави в составе округа Ликома вместе со вторым обитаемым островом-эксклавом — Ликома.

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