Thyolo District
The Thyolo district is one of the 28 districts in Malawi. The capital is Thyolo. The district covers an area of 1,715 km². and has a population of 458,976.[1]
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:
- Thyolo - Central
- Thyolo - East
- Thyolo - North
- 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 (DPP).[2]
In the 2025 election the Thyolo Goliati constituency was won by Maureen Namwali of the DPP.
References
- ^ "Thyolo, Thyolo District, Southern Region, Malawi". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ Parliament of Malawi - Members of Parliament - Thyolo District