Phalombe District
Phalombe is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Phalombe. The district covers an area of 1,394 km.² and has a population of 231,990. Within the district is the Songwe Hill Rare Earth Project which has been identified as of strategic importance to the European Union.[1]
Demographics
At the time of the 2018 Census of Malawi, the distribution of the population of Phalombe District by ethnic group was as follows:[2]
- 94.8% Lomwe
- 3.4% Nyanja
- 0.5% Chewa
- 0.4% Yao
- 0.3% Mang'anja
- 0.2% Ngoni
- 0.1% Tumbuka
- 0.1% Sena
- 0.1% Tonga
- 0.0% Nkhonde
- 0.0% Lambya
- 0.0% Sukwa
- 0.0% Others
Government and administrative divisions
There are five National Assembly constituencies in Phalombe:
- Phalombe - Central
- Phalombe - East
- Phalombe - North
- Phalombe - North East
- Phalombe - South
Since the 2009 election all of these constituencies have been held by members of the Democratic Progressive Party.[3]
In 2025 all of the constituencies were represented by men, with the exception of Phalombe South that was won by Tiaone Hendry of the Democratic Progressive Party. This was same as the previous election where there had been a single woman winner in the Phalombe region.[4]
References
- ^ Lumwira, George (2025-06-10). "Malawi's rare earths highly demanded globally—expert". Nation Online. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ^ "2018 Malawi Population and Housing Census Main Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-08. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
- ^ Parliament of Malawi - Members of Parliament - Phalombe District
- ^ "MBC Digital update on Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
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