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Blantyre is a burgh in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Essentially a large suburb of Hamilton (Blantyre's pop. c17 000), it is best-known as the birthplace of David Livingstone. His former house is now a museum. Also nearby is Bothwell Castle, dating from the thirteenth century.

Blantyre is the site for the famous Blantyre Mining Disaster, where 207 miners were killed when a coal mine exploded due to methane gas. There is little doubt that safety regulations were not adhered to. Christy Moore wrote a song about this disaster.

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BlantyreThis article is about the location in Scotland. See also Blantyre, Malawi. Blantyre is a burgh in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Essentially a large suburb of Hamilton (Blantyre's pop. c''17 000), it is best-known as the birthplace of David Livingstone. Blantyre, MalawiBlantyre is the largest city in Malawi and the capital of the country's Southern Region. Blantyre had a population of 646,235 in 2003. The city has at least one television station see List of television stations in Africa#Malawi). Blantyre is named after Blantyre Mining DisasterThe Blantyre mining disaster which happened on the morning of October 22, 1877, in Blantyre, Scotland, was and remains Scotland’s worst. Blantyre Colliery, William Dixons pit numbers 1 and 2 both blasted killing 207 miners. It was known that fire damp was