Salima
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'''Salima''' is a [[township]] in the [[Central Region, Malawi|Central Region]] of [[Malawi]].
== Transport ==
Salima is served by [[Malawi Railways]] which has a terminus here.
==Demographics==
{| class="prettytable"
! Year
! Population<ref>[http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&srt=pnan&col=dq&geo=-150 World Gazetteer: Malawi: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population]</ref>
|-
| 1987
| 10 618
|-
| 1998
| 20 332
|-
| 2008
| 40 106
|}
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/MI/0/Salima.html FallingRain Map - elevation = 538m (Red dots are railways)]
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