Chiradzulu is a
district
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in the
Southern Region of
Malawi
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. The capital is
Chiradzulu Chiradzulu is a town in Malawi, and the administrative capital of the Chiradzulu District.
It is famous because it is where the home and church of John Chilembwe is located. It was the site of European farming settlement.
Notable people
*John Chi ...
. The district covers an area of 767 km.² and has a population of 236,050.
Demographics
At the time of the
2018 Census of Malawi, the distribution of the population of Chiradzulu District by
ethnic group was as follows:
* 69.3%
Lomwe
* 18.6%
Yao
* 4.2%
Ngoni
* 3.2%
Chewa
Chewa may refer to:
*the Chewa people
*the Chewa language
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* 1.9%
Nyanja
Chewa (also known as Nyanja, ) is a Bantu language spoken in much of Southern, Southeast and East Africa, namely the countries of Malawi , where it is an official language, and Mozambique and Zambia. The noun class prefix ''chi-'' is used for l ...
* 1.7%
Mang'anja
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* 0.4%
Sena
* 0.3%
Tumbuka
* 0.1%
Tonga
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* 0.0%
Nkhonde
* 0.0%
Lambya
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* 0.0%
Sukwa
* 0.2% Others
Government and administrative divisions
There are five
National Assembly
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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.
See also
*
Masanjala
References
Districts of Malawi
Districts in Southern Region, Malawi
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