Districts of Malawi
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![A clickable map of Malawi exhibiting its 28 districts.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/MW-Districts.svg/260px-MW-Districts.svg.png)
Malawi is divided into 28 districts[1] within three regions. Each District is headed by a District Commissioner:[2]
Region | Name | Population (2018[3]) | Total Area (km2) | Capital | Index |
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Central | Dedza | 830,512 | 3,754 | Dedza | 1 |
Dowa | 772,569 | 3,077 | Dowa | 2 | |
Kasungu | 842,953 | 8,017 | Kasungu | 3 | |
Lilongwe | 2,626,901 | 6,211 | Lilongwe | 4 | |
Mchinji | 602,305 | 3,131 | Mchinji | 5 | |
Nkhotakota | 395,897 | 4,338 | Nkhotakota | 6 | |
Ntcheu | 659,608 | 3,251 | Ntcheu | 7 | |
Ntchisi | 317,069 | 1,709 | Ntchisi | 8 | |
Salima | 478,346 | 2,151 | Salima | 9 | |
Northern | Chitipa | 234,927 | 4,334 | Chitipa | 10 |
Karonga | 365,028 | 3,416 | Karonga | 11 | |
Likoma | 14,527 | 20 | Likoma | 12 | |
Mzimba | 1,157,522 | 10,619 | Mzimba | 13 | |
Nkhata Bay | 285,795 | 4,182 | Nkhata Bay | 14 | |
Rumphi | 229,161 | 4,560 | Rumphi | 15 | |
Southern | Balaka | 438,379 | 2,142 | Balaka | 16 |
Blantyre | 1,251,484 | 2,025 | Blantyre | 17 | |
Chikwawa | 564,684 | 4,878 | Chikwawa | 18 | |
Chiradzulu | 356,875 | 761 | Chiradzulu | 19 | |
Machinga | 735,438 | 3,582 | Machinga | 20 | |
Mangochi | 1,148,611 | 6,729 | Mangochi | 21 | |
Mulanje | 684,107 | 2,005 | Mulanje | 22 | |
Mwanza | 130,949 | 756 | Mwanza | 23 | |
Nsanje | 299,168 | 1,945 | Nsanje | 24 | |
Thyolo | 721,456 | 1,666 | Thyolo | 25 | |
Phalombe | 429,450 | 1,323 | Phalombe | 26 | |
Zomba | 851,737 | 2,405 | Zomba | 27 | |
Neno | 138,291 | 1,561 | Neno | 28 |
See also
- ISO 3166-2:MW
References
- ^ "Parliament of Malawi - Official Website". Parliament.gov.mw. Archived from the original on 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
- ^ [1] Archived October 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "2018 Malawi Census, Preliminary Report" (PDF). Retrieved January 1, 2020.
Other sources
- "Parliament of Malawi". Archived from the original on 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2008-08-01.