Blantyre District
The capital is Blantyre, a commercial city where most Malawian industrial and business offices are.It was named after Blantyre, the birth village of David Livingstone in Scotland, one of the first missionary explorers who came to Nyasaland, as Malawi was called before independence in 1964.It is also a main trading point besides the other large cities in Malawi.The other large cities are Lilongwe, which is located in the central region, and Mzuzu, which is in the northern part of Malawi.At the time of the 2018 Census of Malawi, the distribution of the population of Blantyre District by ethnic group was as follows:[1] Government and administrative divisions There are twelve National Assembly constituencies in Blantyre: Elections Since the 2009 election all of these constituencies have been held by members of the Democratic Progressive Party.
districtSouthern RegionMalawiBlantyreDavid LivingstoneScotlandNyasalandLilongwe2018 Census of Malawiethnic groupMang'anjaTumbukaNyanjaNkhondeLambyaNational AssemblyBangwe2009 electionDemocratic Progressive PartyPeter MutharikaMpingweChiwembeRegionsdistrictsNorthern RegionChitipaKarongaLikomaMzimbaNkhata BayRumphiCentral RegionKasunguMchinjiNkhotakotaNtcheuNtchisiSalimaBalakaChikwawaChiradzuluMachingaMangochiMulanjeMwanzaNsanjePhalombeThyolo