Chiradzulu District

At the time of the 2018 Census of Malawi, the distribution of the population of Chiradzulu District by ethnic group was as follows:^[1]

• 69.3% Lomwe
• 18.6% Yao
• 4.2% Ngoni
• 3.2% Chewa
• 1.9% Nyanja
• 1.7% Mang'anja
• 0.4% Sena
• 0.3% Tumbuka
• 0.1% Tonga
• 0.0% Nkhonde
• 0.0% Lambya
• 0.0% Sukwa
• 0.2% Others

There are five National Assembly constituencies in Chiradzulu:

• Chiradzulu - Central
• Chiradzulu - East
• Chiradzulu - North
• Chiradzulu - South
• Chiradzulo - West

Since the 2009 general election all of these constituencies have been represented by politicians from the Democratic Progressive Party.^[2]

Harry Kambwiri Matecheta aka Reverend Harry (1870 – 1962) was born here he became the first African clergy and moderator in Malawi.^[3] Roseby Dinala was born here in 1937. She went on to be a leading Malawi Congress Party supporter to both Hastings Banda and President Chakwera.

• Masanjala