Kamuzu Stadium

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Kamuzu Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Blantyre, Malawi. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 40,000.

Originally named Kamuzu Stadium, after Malawi's first President, Hastings Kamuzu Banda, the name was changed to Chichiri Stadium under President Bakili Muluzi; however, under Muluzi's successor, Bingu wa Mutharika, the name Kamuzu Stadium was restored in 2004.[1]

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  1. ^ "Malawian president orders three facilities named after founding father Banda.", BBC Monitoring International Reports (accessmylibrary.com), September 15, 2004.

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Coordinates: 15°47′56″S, 35°2′4.2″E

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