Mchinji District

Location of Mchinji District in Malawi

Mchinji is a district in the Central Region of Malawi. The capital is Mchinji. The district covers an area of 3,356 km^2 (1,296 sq mi) and has a population of 602,305.[1] The area's economy is sustained by rain-fed agriculture.

Demographics

At the time of the 2018 Census of Malawi, the distribution of the population of Mchinji District by ethnic group was as follows:[2]

• 89.2% Chewa
• 6.2% Ngoni
• 2.1% Yao
• 1.1% Lomwe
• 0.6% Tumbuka
• 0.1% Sena
• 0.1% Mang'anja
• 0.1% Tonga
• 0.1% Nkhonde
• 0.0% Nyanja
• 0.0% Lambya
• 0.0% Sukwa
• 0.3% Others

Government and administrative divisions

There are six National Assembly constituencies in Mchinji:

• Mchinji - East
• Mchinji - North
• Mchinji - North East
• Mchinji - South
• Mchinji - South West
• Mchinji - West

Since the 2009 election all of these constituencies have been held by members of the Malawi Congress Party.[3]

References

1. "2018 Population and Housing Census Main Report" (PDF). Malawi National Statistical Office. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
2. 2018 Malawi Population and Housing Census Main Report
3. "Parliament of Malawi - Members of Parliament - Mchinji District". Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-05-04.

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