Nkhoma

Nkhoma
Nkhoma
Nkhoma is located in Malawi
Nkhoma
Location in Malawi
Coordinates: 14°2′55.62″S 34°6′24.21″E / 14.0487833°S 34.106725°E / -14.0487833; 34.106725
Country  Malawi
Region Central Region
District Lilongwe District
Elevation 3,914 ft (1,193 m)
Time zone +2

Nkhoma is a hill in the Lilongwe District of Malawi. South African missionaries established a mission in 1889 and named mission after the hill.[1]

Nowadays, Nkhoma still hosts the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - Nkhoma Synod and several affiliated institutions:
- Nkhoma Institute for Continued Theological Training
- Nkhoma Hospital
- Nkhoma College of Nursing

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

Nkhoma Hospital

Coordinates: 14°2′55.62″S 34°6′24.21″E / 14.0487833°S 34.106725°E / -14.0487833; 34.106725


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