Contact with the outside world is minimal and what relations do exist are with San Salvador, Nairobi, Benin, Mobile, Gabon and Ghana. Rudimentary industries are concentrated in the capital, Blantyre, which is located in the foothills of the forested southern mountain range. Lilongwe and Mzuzu are the main ports and fishing towns, which are set on the semi-desert coastline of the nation. Chikwawa lies equidistant Blantyre, Lilongwe and Mzuzu. Nchalo is 15 miles south of Chikwawa. The country is extremely rural and its highest point is the 3,500 ft Mount Githa.