Malawian kwacha
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The kwacha has been the currency of Malawi since 1971. The kwacha replaced the Malawian pound at a rate of 2 kwacha = 1 pound. The kwacha (ISO 4217: MWK) is divided into 100 tambala.
The name kwacha derives from the Bemba word for "dawn" while the name tambala translates as "cockerel" in Nyanja.
Banknotes
As of 2005, the following banknote denominations of Malawian kwacha are circulated[
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- 5 kwacha
- 10 kwacha
- 20 kwacha
- 50 kwacha
- 100 kwacha
- 200 kwacha
- 500 kwacha
See also
References
| Currencies of Africa
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| North
| Algerian dinar > Euro (Plaza de soberanía) | Egyptian pound | Libyan dinar | Mauritanian ouguiya | Moroccan dirham | Sudanese dinar | Tunisian dinar
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| Central
| Angolan kwanza > Burundian franc | Central African CFA franc (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon) | Congolese franc | Rwandan franc
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| West
| Cape Verdean escudo > Euro (Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira) | Gambian dalasi | Ghanaian cedi | Guinean franc | Liberian dollar | Nigerian naira | São Tomé and Príncipe dobra | Sierra Leonean leone | West African CFA franc (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo)
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| East
| Comorian franc > Djiboutian franc | Eritrean nakfa | Ethiopian birr | Kenyan shilling | Seychelles rupee | Somali shilling | Somaliland shilling | Tanzanian shilling | Ugandan shilling
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| South
| Botswana pula > Euro (Mayotte, Réunion) | Lesotho loti | Malawian kwacha | Malagasy ariary | Mauritian rupee | Mozambican metical | Namibian dollar | Norwegian krone (Bouvet Island de jure) | Saint Helena pound | South African rand | Swazi lilangeni | Zambian kwacha | Zimbabwean dollar
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