BLANTYRE, a town in Nyasaland, Africa, IS° 47' S., 35° 3' E., and about 3,50oft. above sea-level in the Shire Highlands, 3oom. by river and rail from the Chinde mouth of the Zambezi. Pop. about 6,000 natives, 25o whites. Blantyre is the principal com mercial centre of Nyasaland, and is the present railhead. Though Zomba is the administrative capital, Blantyre is the headquarters of the missionary societies. The chief building is the Church of Scotland church, built by native labour. The town has the Queen Victoria memorial hall for social functions and a subscription library.