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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

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]

References

v t e Regions and districts of Malawi
Northern Region	Chitipa Karonga Likoma Mzimba Nkhata Bay Rumphi
Central Region	Dedza Dowa Kasungu Lilongwe Mchinji Nkhotakota Ntcheu Ntchisi Salima
Southern Region	Balaka Blantyre Chikwawa Chiradzulu Machinga Mangochi Mulanje Mwanza Neno Nsanje Phalombe Thyolo Zomba

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