Karonga [SEP] continent
excavation site in September 2009 had discovered prehistoric tools and a tooth of a hominid. "This latest discovery of prehistoric tools and remains of hominids provides additional proof to the theory that the Great Rift Valley of Africa and perhaps the excavation site near Karonga can be considered the cradle of humankind." Schrenk said. The site also contains some of the earliest dinosaurs which lived between 100 million and 140 million years ago and early hominids believed to have lived between a million and 6 million years ago. The discovery was at
has been much development in the region due to the discovery of uranium at the Kayelekera mine, which officially opened in 2009, and many of the previously gravelled roads have been laid with tarmac.
Tourism.
There are many hotels and guesthouses in Karonga, along the shore of Lake Malawi.
Government and administrative divisions.
There are five National Assembly constituencies in Karonga:
- Karonga - Central
- Karonga - North
- Karonga - North East
- Karonga - Nyungwe
- Karonga - South