Ntcheu District

Ntcheu is a district in the Central Region of Malawi. It borders with the country of Mozambique. The district headquarters known as BOMA in the local language, but is most commonly called Mphate. It is run by the village headman Yeneya. The district covers an area of 3,424 km.² and has a population of 474,464 people according to the 2008 Malawi population Census. Out of that, 226,567 are males and 247,897 are females. The Ntcheu district lies around half way between Malawi's majors cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe - the capital city.

There are seven National Assembly constituencies in Ntcheu:

Most of the occupants of the Ntcheu District are of the Ngoni people, and are therefore descendants of Swaziland's Swazi people and the Zulu of South Africa. Also, because of their location, they are connected to the Ngoni People of the Mzimba District located in the northern part of Malawi. The paramount Chief is Inkosi Yamakosi Gomani (see List of rulers of the Ngoni Dynasty of Maseko (Gomani)). The traditional Authorities are Njolomole, Kalumbu, Kwataine, Ganya, Makwangwala, Chakhumbira, Mpando, Champiti, Phambala, and Masasa.

According to 2008 Malawi population census, people aged 18 and over distributed by Traditional Authority, were populated as follows:

The district is well known for its vegetable production like cabbages, tomatoes and potatoes at Njolomole, Lizulu, and Tsangano. Apart from this main road of M1, Ntcheu district is also well connected with other districts on the Lake shore using Kasinje road (M5) to the Lake shore road going through Golomoti, Chipoka, Nkhotakota, and Nkhata bay districts.

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