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807: 565: 25: 122: 453: 148:, a commercial city where most Malawian industrial and business offices are. The district covers an area of 2,012 km² and has a population of 809,397. It was named after 553: 164:, 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 531: 877: 546: 490: 465: 406: 768: 305: 848: 539: 348:, this was the first tripartite elections where voters chose Councillors, Members of Parliament and President. Professor Arthur 89: 437:
Limbe market and Blantyre Market are main markets in Blantyre city. Most of the shops are owned by Malawians of Asian origin.
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all of these constituencies have been held by members of the
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2018 Malawi Population and Housing Census Main Report
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