City (pop., 1998: 502,053), southern Malawi.
The largest city in Malawi, it was founded in 1876 as a Church of Scotland mission station and named after David Livingstone 's Scottish birthplace. It became a British consular post in 1883 and attained municipal status in 1895; it is Malawi's oldest municipality. Its colonial trade laid the foundation for its present importance as Malawi's chief commercial centre. In 1956 Blantyre was united with nearby Limbe.