Chikwawa District
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Chikwawa is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Chikwawa. The district covers an area of 4,755 km² and has a population of 356,682.
The district lies in a malaria endemic area in Africa and has recently been the target of efforts by a local Rotary Club to cover the entire district with insecticide-treated bednets.
Demographics
At the time of the
ethnic group was as follows:[1]
- 48.6% Sena
- 30.6% Mang'anja
- 7.4% Chewa
- 7.3% Lomwe
- 1.4% Ngoni
- 1.1% Yao
- 0.4% Tumbuka
- 0.3% Tonga
- 0.1% Nyanja
- 0.1% Nkhonde
- 0.0% Sukwa
- 0.0% Lambya
- 2.6% Others
Government and administrative divisions
There are seven
National Assembly
constituencies in Chikwawa:
- Chikwawa - East
- Chikwawa - Central
- Chikwawa - Nkombezi
- Chikwawa - North
- Chikwawa - South
- Chikwawa - West
- Chikwawa - Central West
Central West is new and comprises the wards Nchalo and Lengwe.
Since the
2009 general election all of these constituencies have been represented by politicians from the Democratic Progressive Party.[2]
References
- ^ 2018 Malawi Population and Housing Census Main Report
- ^ "Parliament of Malawi - Members of Parliament - Chikwawa District". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
16°10′S 34°45′E / 16.167°S 34.750°E
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