The Thyolo district is one of the 28 districts in Malawi. The capital is Thyolo. The district covers an area of 1,715 km². and has a population of 458,976.
Demographics At the time of the 2018 Census of Malawi, the distribution of the population of Thyolo District by ethnic group was as follows: 50.2% Lomwe 12.3% Mang'anja 6.3% Ngoni 6.0% Tumbuka 5.1% Yao 3.2% Sena 2.1% Chewa 0.1% Nkhonde 0.0% Lambya 0.0% Sukwa 8.1% Others
Government and administrative divisions
There are seven National Assembly constituencies in Thyolo:
Thyolo - Central Thyolo - East Thyolo - North
Thyolo - South Thyolo - South West Thyolo - Thava Thyolo - West
Since the 2009 election, all of these constituencies have been held by members of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).Parliament of Malawi - Members of Parliament - Thyolo District
In the 2025 election the Thyolo Goliati constituency was won by Maureen Namwali of the DPP.
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