Malo gha vinyama gha Lengwe

Malo gha vinyama gha Lengwe
IUCN category II (national park)
Location	Malaŵi
Nearest city	Blantyre
Coordinates	16°15′28″S 34°45′05″E
Area	887 km²
Established	1970
Governing body	Department of National Parks

Lengwe ni malo ghakusungirako vyamoyo gha ku Malaŵi agho ghali pafupi na tawuni ya Chikwawa ndipo ghali pa mtunda wa makilomita 40 kumwera kwa Blantyre. Malo gha Lengwe ngakupambana na malo ghanyake gha ku Malawi. Ku malo agha ndiko kukukhala nyama yinyake yakuchemeka Nyala.

Nyengo ya ku Lengwe njakutentha na yakuwomira, ndipo maji ghakukhora ghakufuma ku vula pera. Ŵanthu ŵali kupanga visimi vinandi kuti vikwendere viŵeto ivi. Jambo Africa Ltd ndiyo wakwendeska Nyala Lodge.

Vinyama ivyo vikukhala mu malo agha ni nkhalamira, hyena, nyalubwe, nkhumba, kudu, impala, monkey Samango, reedbuck, Cape buffalo na suni. Viyuni vyakukondweska, comenecomene viyuni vya shrikes, rollers, vyakurya njuchi na yellow-spotted nicator.

Mbiri

Mu 1928, Lengwe wakapangika kuŵa malo ghakusungirako nyama kuti wavikilire vinyama vikuruvikuru ivyo vikukhala mu Lower Shire Valley, comenecomene nyerere za nyala na malo ghake. Kuvikilirika uku nkhwakuzirwa comene cifukwa cigaŵa ca Lower Shire Valley ndico cili kumpoto comene uko kuli nyala. Pa nyengo iyo, malo agha ghakaŵa na malo ghakukwana makilomita 520. Pamanyuma, ŵakachepeskako malo agha kufika pa 120 sq. km. kuti paŵe malo gha kulima. Malo agha ghakukwana 120 km2 sono ghakucemeka kuti Old Lengwe. Mu tawuni iyi mukaŵavya maji agho Shire yikapelekanga ku vinyama.

Mu 1975, ŵakasazgirako chigaŵa ichi, ndipo chikaŵa na malo ghakukwana ma kilomita 887. Lengwe wakasazgikira comene kuti wavikilire malo agho mukwenda milonga ya Shire, Mwanza, na Nkombedzi wa Fodya. Kweniso para ŵasazgirako malo agha, mbwenu malo ghakutowa agho ghakusangika mu malo agha ghaŵenge ghakutowa.

Malo agha ghakulongozgeka na Dipatimenti Yakulaŵilira Malo Ghakusungirako Vinyama (Department of National Parks and Wildlife).