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Chilumba is a town in Malawi. It is located on the north-western coast of Lake Malawi, close to Karonga, in the Northern Region. Its population is between 2000 and 5000.〔(Chilumba ) at Collins Maps〕 The section of lake facing Chilumba is called Chilumba Bay. The MV Ilala steamboat, that connects the main settlements on Lake Malawi, has Chilumba as its northernmost stop. Once it has reached Chilumba, it starts its travel back to its base in Monkey Bay in the south. Heyerogeneity in landscape gives Chilumba a unique environment for diversification of recreation and production activities. From the lake side, it is one of the unique places with Islands (Chirwa and Chitende) that host several species of plants, birds and fishes. The Islands are used by fishermen as temporary docking points. Chitende Island has long cultural history in that it was a shrine where the inhabitatns of Chilumba led by Mponela offered sacrifices in times of hardships. Some places are feared up to now that twins are not supposed tp visit and they could disappear. The morning sun rays on Lake Malawi creates a reddish reflection on the waters that was velieved to be the path of the snake 'god' that was being worshipped. Chitende also has a connection to fish productuon and catches. Sacrifices sometimes were geven to please Chitende to increase chances of fish catch by fishermen. Todate Chief Mponela gets free fish as he still is believed to continue praying for fish catch luck. The peninsula facing Chirwa is a typical feature with rocky shore with deep waters potentially suitable for rock diving. The bay facing the jetty has shallow waters for docking boats and potential for shallow water wqlking to 50m them swim into deep waters facing the Chitende Peninsula and Mphiri hills. West of the peninsula lies a 3km streatch of pure sand beach. The sand extends upland a distance of 1km and magnificently looks like a dessert of dark sand aeparately by two swamps. The upper land away fron the lake is prime agricultural land uswd during 1980s to early 90s as maize seed production diversificationscheme. Behind lies a natural boundary of firest reserve that extends to the lake through Mphiri hills on the north ideal for horse riding. The western end is where the giant Nyika Plateau lies whose escarpmwnts facing the lake has been the source of electricity generation since 1990s. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chilumba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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