Phalombe District
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Phalombe is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Phalombe. The district covers an area of 1,394 km.² and has a population of 231,990.
Demographics
[edit]At the time of the 2018 Census of Malawi, the distribution of the population of Phalombe District by ethnic group was as follows:[1]
- 94.8% Lomwe
- 3.4% Nyanja
- 0.5% Chewa
- 0.4% Yao
- 0.3% Mang'anja
- 0.2% Ngoni
- 0.1% Tumbuka
- 0.1% Sena
- 0.1% Tonga
- 0.0% Nkhonde
- 0.0% Lambya
- 0.0% Sukwa
- 0.0% Others
Government and administrative divisions
[edit]There are five National Assembly constituencies in Phalombe:
- Phalombe - Central
- Phalombe - East
- Phalombe - North
- Phalombe - North East
- Phalombe - South
Since the 2009 election all of these constituencies have been held by members of the Democratic Progressive Party.[2]
References
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15°40′S 35°40′E / 15.667°S 35.667°E
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