Nkaya
Town in Malawi
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Nkaya, also known as Nacaia, is a town in Malawi, located in the district of Balaka and in the Southern Region of the country.[1]
In 2022 the local Rivi Rivi River which feeds the Shire River diverted by about 500 metres as the result of rainfall and Tropical Storm Ana. A village called Chipanga and a railway line was under threat. The river was preventing people from using the existing road. The local MP Ireen Mambala organised a negotiation with four local families in Nkaya for a new route to be established across their crops. Mambala made them a present of two bags of maize and some money and thanked them publicly for their munificence.[1]
Its economy is predominantly agricultural, but it has an important logistics sector, as it serves as the junction point of the country's road-rail systems.[2]
Transport
The city's railway station serves as the junction of the national railway network, between the Sena railway and the Nacala railway.[3][4]
