Phalombe District Explained

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

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

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]

Notes and References

1. http://www.nsomalawi.mw/images/stories/data_on_line/demography/census_2018/2018%20Malawi%20Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%20Main%20Report.pdf 2018 Malawi Population and Housing Census Main Report
2. http://www.parliament.gov.mw/mps.php?mode=wd&dis=Phalombe Parliament of Malawi - Members of Parliament - Phalombe District