Malawi is divided into 3 regions which comprise a combined total of 28 districts. Regions have no administrative function; they serve merely to group districts.
The regions of Malawi are:
* Northern
::Population: 2,289,780 (2018 census)
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::Capital:
Mzuzu
Mzuzu is the capital of Malawi's Northern Region and is the third largest city by population in Malawi. The city has 221,272 residents and 20,000 commuters (Mzuzu University students) with about 1.7 million people in its metropolitan area. It i ...
* Central
:: Population: 7,523,340 (2018 census)
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::Capital:
Lilongwe
Lilongwe (, ,) is the capital and largest city of Malawi. It has a population of 989,318 as of the 2018 Census, up from a population of 674,448 in 2008. In 2020, that figure was 1,122,000. The city is located in the central region of Malawi, i ...
Blantyre
Blantyre is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with a population of 800,264 . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, Lilongwe. It is ...
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Districts of Malawi
Malawi is divided into 28 districts within Regions of Malawi, three regions. Each District is headed by a District Commissioner (Malawi), District Commissioner:ISO 3166-2:MW
Regions
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...