Mponela
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Mponela is a town in Dowa District in the Central Region of Malawi.
Mponela lies at 1,200 m in the Dowa District in the Central Region of Malawi, 60 km north of Lilongwe, with a population of 9,846 (1998; estimate 2006: 13,212). It is on the tarred road between Lilongwe–Mzuzu, is connected with power and phone lines and has an airstrip.