Ekwendeni

Ekwendeni
Ekwendeni Church, Livingstonia, Malawi, ca.1895
Ekwendeni Location in Malawi
Coordinates: 11°22′S 33°53′E / 11.367°S 33.883°E / -11.367; 33.883
Country	Malawi
Region	Northern Region
District	Mzimba District
Time zone	+2
Climate	Cwa

Coordinates: 11°22′S 33°53′E / 11.367°S 33.883°E / -11.367; 33.883

Ekwendeni is a town in the Northern Region of Malawi. It lies about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Mzuzu, in the Mzimba district.

Ekwendeni was started by Scottish missionaries. In 1889 Walter Angus Elmslie opened a mission station at Ekwendeni. It has one of the oldest churches in Malawi belonging to the Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian (CCAP), the local equivalent of the Church of Scotland.

The general hospital began in the 1890s as a ministry of the Free Church of Scotland. Ekwendeni Hospital is operated by the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - Livingstonia Synod, in partnership with PC(USA), the Church of Scotland and the Presbyterian Church of Ireland.

The people of Ekwendeni have Tumbuka as the dominant language but other languages are spoken due to the high numbers of people from other parts of Malawi settling there. Residents of Ekwendeni were often attracted there because of the hospital, the theological college, the college of nursing and the technical training school.