Malawi is divided into 28 districts within three regions. As the primary administrative unit in the country, each district is headed by a District Commissioner:
RegionNamePopulation(2018)Total Area(km2)CapitalIndexCentral Dedza 830,512 3,754 Dedza 1 Dowa 772,569 3,077 Dowa 2 Kasungu 842,953 8,017 Kasungu 3 Lilongwe 2,626,901 6,211 Lilongwe 4 Mchinji 602,305 3,131 Mchinji 5 Nkhotakota 393,077 4,338 Nkhotakota 6 Ntcheu 659,608 3,251 Ntcheu 7 Ntchisi 317,069 1,709 Ntchisi 8 Salima 478,346 2,151 Salima 9Northern Chitipa 234,927 4,334 Chitipa 10 Karonga 365,028 3,416 Karonga 11 Likoma 14,527 20 Likoma 12 Mzimba 1,161,456 10,473 Mzimba 13 Nkhata Bay 284,681 4,182 Nkhata Bay 14 Rumphi 229,161 4,560 Rumphi 15Southern Balaka 438,379 2,142 Balaka 16 Blantyre 1,251,484 2,025 Blantyre 17 Chikwawa 564,684 4,878 Chikwawa 18 Chiradzulu 356,875 761 Chiradzulu 19 Machinga 735,438 3,582 Machinga 20 Mangochi 1,148,611 6,729 Mangochi 21 Mulanje 684,107 2,005 Mulanje 22 Mwanza 130,949 756 Mwanza 23 Nsanje 299,168 1,945 Nsanje 24 Thyolo 721,456 1,666 Thyolo 25 Phalombe 429,450 1,323 Phalombe 26 Zomba 851,737 2,405 Zomba 27 Neno 138,291 1,561 Neno 28
See also ISO 3166-2:MW
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