Nkhotakota : Tofauti kati ya masahihisho

'''Nkhotakota''' (zamani '''Kota Kota'''; ) ([[jina]] linalotokana na [[lugha]] ya [[Chichewa]] kwa ajili ya "kona kona") ni [[mji]] na [[makao makuu]] ya [[Wilaya ya Nkhotakota]] katika [[Kanda ya Kati, Malawi]]. Kufikia [[mwaka]] [[2018]], Nkhotakota ilikuwa na [[idadi]] ya wakazi waliokadiriwa kuwa 28,350.

Mji huuhuo uko kwenye [[mwambao]] wa [[Nyasa (ziwa)|Ziwa Nyasa]] (huko huitwa Ziwa Malawi) ikiwa ni mojawapo ya mabandaribandari makuukuu kwenye [[ziwa]] hilo.

Katika [[karne ya 19]] Nkhotakota ilikuwa [[kundi]] la [[Kijiji|vijiji]] vilivyotumika kama [[soko]] la [[Mfanyabiashara|wafanyabiashara]] wa [[Utumwa|watumwa]]. [[Afrika|Waafrika]] mbalimbali walikutana hapa na [[Waswahili]] kutoka mwambao wa [[Bahari ya Hindi|Bahari Hindi]] na [[Waarabu]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9055985|title=Nkhotakota|accessdate=27 June 2008|work=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|date=2008}}</ref>

Misionari[[Mmisionari]] [[David Livingstone]] alitembelea mji mara mbili kwenye miaka [[1861]] na [[1864]] na kuleta taarifa juu ya ubaya wa [[biashara ya watumwa]] hadi [[Ulaya]]. Kuna [[Mti|miti]] miwili inayokumbukwa kama "Livingstone tree" ambako anasemekana alijadiliana na na mkuu wa Waarabu Salim bin Abdullah <ref name="Murphy197">{{Cite book|title=Lonely Planet Southern Africa: Join the Safari|last=Murphy|first=Alan|last2=Armstrong, Kate|last3=Firestone, Matthew D.|last4=Fitzpatrick, Mary|date=2007|publisher=[[Lonely Planet]]|isbn=1-74059-745-1|page=197}}</ref>. Baadaye [[rais]] wa Malawi [[Hastings Banda]] alitoa [[hotuba]] chini ya mti mwingine huko Nkhotakota katika [[miaka ya 1960]], huu unaojulikana kama Mti wa Livingstone. <ref name="Murphy197" /> Mji huu ulikumbwa na [[mafuriko]] ya mwaka [[2001]], na ulikuwa eneo lililoathiriwa zaidi katika eneo la Kati la Malawi. <ref name="AllAfrica Rain">{{Cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200103210071.html|title=More Rains, Renewed Problems|date=21 March 2001|accessdate=1 July 2008|work=[[AllAfrica]]}}</ref> Leo, Nkhotakota ndio mji mkubwa wa kitamaduni wa Kiafrika nchini Malawi <ref name="Britannica" /> na una ushawishi mkubwa wa Waswahili-Waarabu. <ref>Murphy, p. 159.</ref>

Nkhotakota iko umbali wa kilomita 200 kutoka [[Lilongwe]], mji mkuu wa Malawi, na kilomita 378 kutoka [[Blantyre (Malawi)|Blantyre]], jiji kubwa zaidi la Malawi. <ref name="Wild Malawi">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wildmalawi.com/distance-table/distance-table/malawi-distance-table.html|title=Malawi distance table|accessdate=20 June 2008|work=Wild Malawi|date=2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908060148/http://www.wildmalawi.com/distance-table/distance-table/malawi-distance-table.html|archivedate=8 September 2008}}</ref>{{Weather box|location=Nkhotakota (1961–1990)|Jan precipitation days=20|Nov precipitation days=7|Oct precipitation days=2|Sep precipitation days=1|Aug precipitation days=1|Jul precipitation days=2|Jun precipitation days=3|May precipitation days=4|Apr precipitation days=13|Mar precipitation days=20|Feb precipitation days=18|unit precipitation days=0.3 mm|year precipitation days=108|year humidity=70|Dec humidity=77|Nov humidity=63|Oct humidity=58|Sep humidity=59|Aug humidity=62|Jul humidity=65|Jun humidity=66|May humidity=72|Apr humidity=77|Mar humidity=81|Dec precipitation days=17|Jan sun=167.4|Jan humidity=83|Febd sun=5.7|yeard sun=|Decd sun=6.6|Novd sun=9.0|Octd sun=9.9|Sepd sun=9.9|Augd sun=9.5|Juld sun=9.0|Jund sun=9.2|Mayd sun=8.7|Aprd sun=8.0|Mard sun=6.9|Jand sun=5.4|Feb sun=159.6|year sun=2978.6|Dec sun=204.6|Nov sun=270.0|Oct sun=306.9|Sep sun=297.0|Aug sun=294.5|Jul sun=279.0|Jun sun=276.0|May sun=269.7|Apr sun=240.0|Mar sun=213.9|Feb humidity=81|year precipitation mm=1649.3|metric first=Yes|Dec high C=29.4|Oct mean C=25.9|Sep mean C=23.4|Aug mean C=21.1|Jul mean C=20.0|Jun mean C=20.3|May mean C=22.1|Apr mean C=23.8|Mar mean C=24.9|Feb mean C=24.6|Jan mean C=24.3|year high C=28.4|Nov high C=31.5|Dec mean C=25.1|Oct high C=31.8|Sep high C=29.5|Aug high C=26.9|Jul high C=25.4|Jun high C=25.7|May high C=26.9|Apr high C=28.0|Mar high C=28.5|Feb high C=28.6|Jan high C=28.5|single line=Yes|Nov mean C=26.3|year mean C=23.5|Dec precipitation mm=282.0|precipitation colour=green|Nov precipitation mm=79.8|Oct precipitation mm=10.2|Sep precipitation mm=0.7|Aug precipitation mm=2.1|Jul precipitation mm=7.9|Jun precipitation mm=11.5|May precipitation mm=33.5|Apr precipitation mm=227.7|Mar precipitation mm=407.6|Feb precipitation mm=266.3|Jan precipitation mm=320.0|year low C=19.2|Jan low C=21.1|Dec low C=21.3|Nov low C=22.0|Oct low C=20.8|Sep low C=18.0|Aug low C=15.9|Jul low C=15.3|Jun low C=15.7|May low C=17.9|Apr low C=20.1|Mar low C=20.9|Feb low C=21.4|source 1=NOAA<ref name= NOAA>{{cite web