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.

Demographics
At the time of the 2018 Census of Malawi, the distribution of the population of Phalombe District by ethnic group was as follows:
 * 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.