Timeline of Lilongwe

The following is a of the history of the of Lilongwe, Malawi.

20th century

• 1902 – Local leader Njewa sets up a boma named after the Lilongwe River.
• 1904 – Lilongwe becomes administrative seat of British colonial Nyasaland Protectorate.
• 1905 – Road built to Dedza.
• 1906 – "Asian traders" arrive.
• 1909 – Road built to Fort Jameson and Fort Manning.
• 1910 – Administrative Lilongwe District created.
• 1923 – Diamphwe Bridge built.
• 1930 – Imperial Tobacco Company manufactory begins operating.
• 1944 – European School founded.
• 1949 – Odini Catholic newspaper begins publication.
• 1959 – Roman Catholic diocese of Lilongwe established.
• 1963 – Lilongwe Technical College founded.https://books.google.com/books?id=u1oPBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA137
• 1964 – Lilongwe becomes part of independent Malawi.
• 1966 – Population: 19,425.
• 1967 – University of Malawi's Bunda College of Agriculture active.
• 1968 – Capitol City Development Corporation formed; Lilongwe "development as the new national capital" begins.
• 1975 – Capital of Malawi moved to Lilongwe from Zomba.
• 1977
• Silver Strikers F.C. (football club) formed.
• Population: 98,718.
• 1979 – University of Malawi's Kamuzu College of Nursing established.http://www.kcn.unima.mw/?page_id=548
• 1983 – Lilongwe International Airport opens.
• 1987 – Population: 233,973.
• 1989 – founded.http://www.sdnp.org.mw/enviro/herb/NHBGs.html
• 1992 – May: Anti-government protest.
• 1997 – Media Institute of Southern Africa Malawi chapter headquartered in city.
• 1998 – Population: 440,471.

21st century

• 2003 – Population: 632,867 in city; 1,087,917 urban agglomeration (estimate).
• 2005
• National government administration moved to Lilongwe from Blantyre.
• Banda Mausoleum erected.

• 2007
• Lilongwe Wildlife Centre founded.
• Memorial Tower erected.
• 2008
• December: Cholera outbreak.
• Population: 674,448 in city.
• 2009 – Kelvin Mmangisa appointed mayor.
• 2010 – Parliament Building constructed.
• 2011 – July: Anti-government protest.
• 2012
• Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources opens.
• Bingu wa Mutharika Conference Centre built.
• Population: 868,800 in city (estimate).
• 2013 – Capital Hill Cashgate Scandal reported.
• 2016 – Lilongwe Trade Fair begins.
• 2017
• Bingu National Stadium opens.
• Desmond Bikoko becomes mayor.
• July: Stampede occurs at Bingu Stadium.
• 2018 - Population: 989,318.
• 2020 – Population: 1,324,314 (projected estimate).

See also

• Lilongwe history

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia.

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