Manthimba

{{Infobox settlement  | name = Manthimba | native_name = | native_name_lang =  | settlement_type = Former city | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Malawi | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|14|13|14|S|34|32|07|E|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Malawi | subdivision_type1 = Former country | subdivision_name1 = Maravi | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = Central | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = Dedza | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website =  | footnotes = }} '''Manthimba''' was considered by Malawian historian Kings M. Phiri to have been the capital of the Maravi Empire, however Yusuf Juwayeyi considers it to have been Mankhamba.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Juwayeyi |first=Yusuf M. |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/archaeology-and-oral-tradition-in-malawi/7588016649895DA4A10FC2CCC6B5E336 |title=Archaeology and Oral Tradition in Malawi: Origins and Early History of the Chewa |date=2020 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-1-84701-253-1 |chapter=The origins and migrations of the Chewa according to their oral traditions}}</ref>{{Rp|pages=51-53}} Manthimba was located at {{Convert|2|km}} from the present village of Mtakataka in the Dedza district, in the central region of Malawi.<ref>Ogot, Bethwell A. Ogot (1992). ''Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century''. Volume 5 of International Construction Management Series. UNESCO. {{ISBN|92-3-101711-X}}.</ref>

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