# Manthimba

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'''Manthimba''' was considered by Malawian historian [Kings M. Phiri](/source/Kings_M._Phiri) to have been the capital of the [Maravi Empire](/source/Maravi), however [Yusuf Juwayeyi](/source/Yusuf_Juwayeyi) considers it to have been [Mankhamba](/source/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](/source/Dedza_District) district, in the [central region](/source/Central_Region%2C_Malawi) of [Malawi](/source/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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Category:Former cities
Category:History of Malawi
Category:States and territories established in the 16th century

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