Districts of Malawi

A clickable map of Malawi exhibiting its 28 districts.

Malawi is divided into 28 districts ^[1] within three regions. Each District is headed by a District Commissioner: ^[2]

Region	Name	Population (2018 [3] )	Total Area (km2)	Capital	Index
						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	393,077	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
Northern	Chitipa	234,927	4,334	Chitipa	10
	Karonga	365,028	3,416	Karonga	11
	Likoma	14,527	20	Likoma	12
	Mzimba	1,161,456	10,473	Mzimba	13
	Nkhata Bay	284,681	4,182	Nkhata Bay	14
	Rumphi	229,161	4,560	Rumphi	15
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

See also

• ISO 3166-2:MW

References

1. "Parliament of Malawi - Official Website". Parliament.gov.mw. Archived from the original on 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
2. Archived October 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
3. "2018 Malawi Population and Housing Census Main Report" (PDF). Retrieved 2025-09-26.

Other sources

• "Parliament of Malawi". Archived from the original on 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2008-08-01.