Thyolo District

Thyolo District

The Thyolo district of Malawi is one of the districts in Malawi. The capital is Thyolo. The district covers an area of 1,715 km.²1. and has a population of 458,976.^[1] It is also has crossroads leading to Makwasa, Molere, Konzalendo, Thekerani into Muona and eventually Nsanje leading to another border with Mozambique. Sources 1. Malawi Government, Thyolo District Council, Socio-economic Profile,2017-2022

Demographics

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

• 77.2% Lomwe
• 12.3% Mang'anja
• 3.3% Ngoni
• 2.1% Yao
• 1.2% Sena
• 1.1% Chewa
• 0.3% Tumbuka
• 0.2% Nyanja
• 0.1% Tonga
• 0.1% Nkhonde
• 0.0% Lambya
• 0.0% Sukwa
• 2.1% Others

Government and administrative divisions

There are seven National Assembly constituencies in Thyolo:

• Thyolo - Central
• Thyolo - East
• Thyolo - North

B.

• Thyolo - South
• Thyolo - South West
• Thyolo - Thava
• Thyolo - West

Since the 2009 election all of these constituencies have been held by members of the Democratic Progressive Party.^[3]

Thyolo is one of the southernmost districts of Malawi, and is bordered by 5 others as well as Mozambique.

References

1. "Thyolo, Thyolo District, Southern Region, Malawi". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
2. 2018 Malawi Population and Housing Census Main Report
3. Parliament of Malawi - Members of Parliament - Thyolo District