page_title: Chikwawa District
section_title: Government and administrative divisions
hierarchical_section_title: Chikwawa District / Government and administrative divisions
caption_attribution_description: English: Nchalo, Chikwawa District, Malawi
context_page_description: Chikwawa is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Chikwawa. The district covers an area of 4,755 km.² and has a population of 356,682.
  The district lies in a malaria endemic area in Africa and has recently been the target of efforts by a local Rotary Club to cover the entire district with insecticide-treated bednets.
context_section_description: There are six National Assembly constituencies in Chikwawa:
  Chikwawa - East
  Chikwawa - Central
  Chikwawa - Nkombezi
  Chikwawa - North
  Chikwawa - South
  Chikwawa - West
  Since the 2009 general election all of these constituencies have been represented by politicians from the Democratic Progressive Party.
caption: Town of Nchalo, south of Chikwawa
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