Thyolo District
District of Malawi
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The Thyolo district of Malawi is one of the districts in Malawi. The capital is Thyolo. The district covers an area of 1,715 km². and has a population of 458,976.
Demographics
At the time of the 2018 Census of Malawi, the distribution of the population of Thyolo District by ethnic group was as follows:
- 50.2% Lomwe
- 12.3% Mang'anja
- 6.3% Ngoni
- 6.0% Tumbuka
- 5.1% Yao
- 3.2% Sena
- 2.1% Chewa
- 0.1% Nkhonde
- 0.0% Lambya
- 0.0% Sukwa
- 8.1% Others
Government and administrative divisions
There are seven National Assembly constituencies in Thyolo:
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Thyolo - Central
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Thyolo - East
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Thyolo - North
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Thyolo - South
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Thyolo - South West
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Thyolo - Thava
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Thyolo - West
Since the 2009 election, all of these constituencies have been held by members of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
In the 2025 election the Thyolo Goliati constituency was won by Maureen Namwali of the DPP.
References
References
- "Thyolo, Thyolo District, Southern Region, Malawi".
- [http://www.parliament.gov.mw/mps.php?mode=wd&dis=Thyolo Parliament of Malawi - Members of Parliament - Thyolo District]
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