Chiradzulu District

Chiradzulu is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Chiradzulu. The district covers an area of 761 km.² and has a population of 356,875

Location of Chiradzulu District in Malawi

Demographics

At the time of the 2018 Census of Malawi, the distribution of the population of Chiradzulu District by ethnic group was as follows:^[1]

• 69.3% Lomwe
• 18.6% Yao
• 4.2% Ngoni
• 3.2% Chewa
• 1.9% Nyanja
• 1.7% Mang'anja
• 0.4% Sena
• 0.3% Tumbuka
• 0.1% Tonga
• 0.0% Nkhonde
• 0.0% Lambya
• 0.0% Sukwa
• 0.2% Others

Government and administrative divisions

There are five National Assembly constituencies in Chiradzulu:

• Chiradzulu - Central
• Chiradzulu - East
• Chiradzulu - North
• Chiradzulu - South
• Chiradzulo - West

Since the 2009 general election all of these constituencies have been represented by politicians from the Democratic Progressive Party.^[2]

See also

• Masanjala

References

1. 2018 Malawi Population and Housing Census Main Report
2. "Parliament of Malawi - Members of Parliament - Chiradzulu District". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-01-18.

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