Districts of Malawi

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Malawi is divided into 28 districts{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.mw/|title=Parliament of Malawi - Official Website|publisher=Parliament.gov.mw|access-date=2015-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505075437/http://www.parliament.gov.mw/|archive-date=2017-05-05|url-status=dead}} within three regions. Each District is headed by a District Commissioner:[http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/Comparative%20EM%20Book%20-%20Chapter%20-%20Emergency%20Management%20In%20Malawi.doc] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020085146/http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/Comparative%20EM%20Book%20-%20Chapter%20-%20Emergency%20Management%20In%20Malawi.doc |date=October 20, 2011 }}

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rowspan="2" scope="col" \|Region ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \|Name ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \|Population (2018{{Cite web\|url=https://malawi.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/resource-pdf/2018%20Census%20Preliminary%20Report.pdf\|title=2018 Malawi Census, Preliminary Report\|access-date=January 1, 2020}}) ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \|Total Area (km²) ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \|Capital ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \|Index
rowspan="9" \|Central ! Dedza \| 830,512 \| 3,754 \| Dedza \| 1
Dowa \| 772,569 \| 3,077 \| Dowa \| 2
Kasungu \| 842,953 \| 8,017 \| Kasungu \| 3
Lilongwe \| 2,626,901 \| 6,211 \| Lilongwe \| 4
Mchinji \| 602,305 \| 3,131 \| Mchinji \| 5
Nkhotakota \| 395,897 \| 4,338 \| Nkhotakota \| 6
Ntcheu \| 659,608 \| 3,251 \| Ntcheu \| 7
Ntchisi \| 317,069 \| 1,709 \| Ntchisi \| 8
Salima \| 478,346 \| 2,151 \| Salima \| 9
rowspan="6" \|Northern ! Chitipa \| 234,927 \| 4,334 \| Chitipa \| 10
Karonga \| 365,028 \| 3,416 \| Karonga \| 11
Likoma \| 14,527 \| 20 \| Likoma \| 12
Mzimba \| 1,157,522 \| 10,619 \| Mzimba \| 13
Nkhata Bay \| 285,795 \| 4,182 \| Nkhata Bay \| 14
Rumphi \| 229,161 \| 4,560 \| Rumphi \| 15
rowspan="13" \|Southern ! Balaka \| 438,379 \| 2,142 \| Balaka \| 16
Blantyre \| 1,251,484 \| 2,025 \| Blantyre \| 17
Chikwawa \| 564,684 \| 4,878 \| Chikwawa \| 18
Chiradzulu \| 356,875 \| 761 \| Chiradzulu \| 19
Machinga \| 735,438 \| 3,582 \| Machinga \| 20
Mangochi \| 1,148,611 \| 6,729 \| Mangochi \| 21
Mulanje \| 684,107 \| 2,005 \| Mulanje \| 22
Mwanza \| 130,949 \| 756 \| Mwanza \| 23
Nsanje \| 299,168 \| 1,945 \| Nsanje \| 24
Thyolo \| 721,456 \| 1,666 \| Thyolo \| 25
Phalombe \| 429,450 \| 1,323 \| Phalombe \| 26
Zomba \| 851,737 \| 2,405 \| Zomba \| 27
Neno \| 138,291 \| 1,561 \| Neno \| 28

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rowspan="2" scope="col" |Region

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Name

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Population
(2018{{Cite web|url=https://malawi.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/resource-pdf/2018%20Census%20Preliminary%20Report.pdf|title=2018 Malawi Census, Preliminary Report|access-date=January 1, 2020}})

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Total Area
(km²)

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Capital

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Index

rowspan="9" |Central

! Dedza

| 830,512

| 3,754

| Dedza

| 1

Dowa

| 772,569

| 3,077