Chiradzulu District

District of Malawi

Location of Chiradzulu District in Malawi

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

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.

15°42′S 35°10′E / 15.700°S 35.167°E / -15.700; 35.167