Monkey Bay

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File:Monkey bay main road.JPG

Main north-south street of the town.

Monkey Bay or Lusumbwe is a town in Mangochi which is in the Mangochi District in the Southern Region of Malawi. The town is on the shore of Lake Malawi and is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi.<ref name="Britannica">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> The population of Monkey Bay was 14,955 according to the 2018 census.<ref name="World Gazetteer"/> Monkey Bay is Template:Convert from Lilongwe, Malawi's capital city, and Template:Convert from Blantyre.<ref name="Wild Malawi">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Monkey Bay is a tourist resort and is often travelled through on the road to Cape Maclear.<ref name="Maclear">Template:Cite book</ref>

History

Monkey Bay was ruled by the Muslim Yao chief and slave trader, Mponda, during the 1880s.<ref name="Mponda">Template:Cite book</ref> In the late 19th century, the first Bishop of Likoma, Chauncy Maples, drowned near Monkey Bay in Lake Malawi.<ref name="Bishop">Template:Cite book</ref> In the 1960s, there was a Fisheries Research Laboratory in Monkey Bay, funded by the then-Nyasaland colonial government.<ref name="Fisheries">Template:Cite book</ref>

Geography

Monkey Bay is on the shore of Lake Malawi and is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi.<ref name="Britannica"/> It is at an elevation of Template:Convert.

Monkey Bay is situated Template:Convert from Chimpamba, Template:Convert from Zambo, Template:Convert from Msumbi and Template:Convert from Mbalamanja.<ref name=FR>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Living standards

In March 2003, the then-Malawian President Bakili Muluzi held a rally in Monkey Bay, and promised to help reduce poverty.<ref name="Muluzi">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The charity Save the Children is active in the Monkey Bay area.<ref name="CSM">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> According to a German development volunteer working with the Back to School Foundation, the residents of Monkey Bay are not living at the poverty line, but at the existence line. Houses are simple clay cottages, and few households can afford electricity, as the connection costs alone are three times the average monthly wage.<ref name="Rheinische Post">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Facilities

Amenities

There is a supermarket and a market in Monkey Bay, although there are bureaux de change or automatic teller machines. On 22 February 2010, a first bank opened its doors. Malawi Savings Bank Agency which was operating from the Post Office building moved into their own convenience, a refurbished and spacious building at the trading centre.

There is not a functioning internet café although there are signs for one. There are several guesthouses.<ref name="Shops">Template:Cite book</ref> The nearest ATM is in the town of Mangochi.

Transport

Monkey Bay is connected to Lilongwe and Blantyre by bus services.<ref name="Shops"/> The nearest airport is at Ulongwe, Template:Convert away.<ref name=FR/> Two passenger ferries make weekly sailings along Lake Malawi between Monkey Bay and Chilumba; the MV Ilala and the Mtendere.<ref name="Telegraph Sail">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Ilala is 350-passenger steamship that has served the route since 1951.<ref name="Guardian">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In March 2003, the European Union funded improvements to the road linking Monkey Bay with Masasa and Golomoti.<ref name="Engineering News">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In February 2006, the Malawian government announced plans to build a road from Monkey Bay to Cape Maclear.<ref name="To Maclear">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In March 2006, there was no road access to Monkey Bay, after the worst floods since 1978 had washed away several kilometres of road and a bridge.<ref name="Mywire">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The rainfall measured around Template:Convert and several thousand people in the Mangochi District were made homeless.<ref name="Angola"/>

Education

The Nankhwala Catholic School is in Monkey Bay.<ref name="BBC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Medical

Monkey Bay has a hospital, but medical services are not extensive; surgery and diagnostics are however available in Monkey Bay.<ref name="Irish Medical Times">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Law and military

Monkey Bay has a police station. It is also the headquarters of the 220-strong marine force of the Army of Malawi.<ref name="IOL">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Naval Institute">Template:Cite book</ref>

Tourism

Monkey Bay has been described as "the country's best known resort" by Agence France-Presse,<ref name="Mywire"/> and Factiva refers to Monkey Bay as the "best known resort-area" in Malawi.<ref name="Factiva">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The area has "sandy beaches and tropical fish",<ref name="Angola">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref> and is popular with tourists.<ref name="IOL"/> There are diving schools in Monkey Bay, however, according to the Daily Telegraph, the schools are considered poor by tourists.<ref name="Telegraph diving">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore </ref> The town is also a transit point to Cape Maclear.

Demographics

Year	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Census2018">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1987	5,649
1998	10,749
2008	11,246
2018	14,955