Nkhoma (hill) explained

Official Name:Nkhoma
Pushpin Map:Malawi
Pushpin Mapsize:240
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Malawi
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Central Region
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2008
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:+2
Coordinates:-14.0488°N 34.1067°W
Elevation M:1193

Nkhoma is a hill in the Lilongwe District of Malawi. South African missionaries established a mission in 1889 and named the mission after the hill.[1] Nowadays, Nkhoma still hosts the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - Nkhoma Synod and several affiliated institutions:

Nkhoma is also a surname common among the Chewa and Tumbuka people. All those that have this last name can trace their ancestors' migration route through the Dedza area in the 17th century. The name is common in the Eastern province of Zambia especially in Chipata and Lundazi.

Sources

  1. Brown WL. The development in self-understanding of the CCAP Nkhoma Synod as Church during the first forty years of autonomy: an ecclesiological study. University of Stellenbosch, 2005.

External links

-14.0488°N 34.1067°W

Nkhoma University