Nkhotakota District

District of Malawi

Nkhotakota is a district in the Central Region of Malawi. The capital is Nkhotakota. The district covers an area of 4,259 km² and has a population of 395,897.^[1] The word Nkhotakota means "zig-zag" in Chichewa. It is located along the shore of Lake Malawi.

Demographics

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

75.8% Chewa
10.4% Tonga
3.9% Tumbuka
2.1% Lomwe
2.3% Ngoni
1.9% Yao
1.7% Sena
0.5% Nyanja
0.4% Nkhonde
0.4% Mang'anja
0.2% Lambya
0.1% Sukwa
0.2% Others

Government and administrative divisions

There are five National Assembly constituencies in Nkhotakota:^[3]

Nkhotakota - Central
Nkhotakota - North
Nkhotakota - North East
Nkhotakota - South
Nkhotakota - South East

References

^ "2018 Population and Housing Census Main Report" (PDF). Malawi National Statistical Office. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
^ 2018 Malawi Population and Housing Census Main Report
^ Parliament of Malawi - Members of Parliament - Nkhotakota District