Mchinji District

Mchinji is a district in the Central Region of Malawi. The capital is Mchinji. The district covers an area of 3356 km2 and has a population of 602,305. The area's economy is sustained by rain-fed agriculture.

Demographics
At the time of the 2018 Census of Malawi, the distribution of the population of Mchinji District by ethnic group was as follows:
 * 89.2% Chewa
 * 6.2% Ngoni
 * 2.1% Yao
 * 1.1% Lomwe
 * 0.6% Tumbuka
 * 0.1% Sena
 * 0.1% Mang'anja
 * 0.1% Tonga
 * 0.1% Nkhonde
 * 0.0% Nyanja
 * 0.0% Lambya
 * 0.0% Sukwa
 * 0.3% Others

Government and administrative divisions
There are six National Assembly constituencies in Mchinji:


 * Mchinji - East
 * Mchinji - North
 * Mchinji - North East
 * Mchinji - South
 * Mchinji - South West
 * Mchinji - West

Since the 2009 election all of these constituencies have been held by members of the Malawi Congress Party.