Chikwawa District

Chikwawa is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi.

The district covers an area of 4,755 km² and has a population of 356,682.

At the time of the 2018 Census of Malawi, the distribution of the population of Chikwawa District by ethnic group was as follows:[1] There are seven National Assembly constituencies in Chikwawa: Central West is new and comprises the wards Nchalo and Lengwe.

At the 2009 general election all of these constituencies were represented by politicians from the Democratic Progressive Party.

[2] In 2024 the MP for Chikwawa West Constituency was Susan Dossi.