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underdeveloped; nevertheless cattle, poultry, goats, sheep, pigs and rabbits are raised for meat production in Zomba, with poultry being the most common. Zomba on the other hand is one of the few districts with well-spread pond-fishing. There are around 2,600 farmers engaged in aquaculture, operating more than 5,000 ponds and producing as much as 757 tonnes of fish annually. In addition, Lake Chilwa continues to be the main source of fish in the district, with an annual catchment of more than 5,000 tonnes.
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199:. The Phalombe Plain lies east of the highlands and west and south of Lake Chilwa. The central and eastern portions of the district lie in the closed basin of Lake Chilwa, and several small rivers drain from the surrounding highlands into the lake. The Domasi River forms part of the northern boundary of the district. The Phalombe River and its tributary the Namadzi form the southern boundary of the district, separating it from Phalombe, Mulanje, and Chiradzulu districts. The
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enrolment. Primary school net enrolment is currently at 87.2% against the country rate of 80.0%. However, the education sector in Zomba at all levels continues to face a number of challenges, including teacher qualification, shortages in the total number of teacher and student accommodations, lack of or dilapidated classrooms and lack of teaching materials.
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Small and medium-scale businesses dominate the district's non agro-based economy, with general retail accounting for the gross of sales. Employment has increased to almost 97% of the total adult (15+) population, resulting in historically low unemployment. Services, general labour, and professional
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Almost four-fifths of all households (79.6%) have access to safe drinking water, while access to sanitation facilities is still at 59%. Methods of refuse disposal include burning, dust bins, rubbish pits, random littering and, mainly for organic waste, integrating into garden and composite pits.
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Health services are provided mainly at health posts, clinics, health centres and hospitals. In addition, many people get medical treatment from traditional practitioners and traditional birth attendants. The crude birth rate for the district is estimated at 48.1 births per 1,000 Inhabitants. The
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Education in Zomba
District is offered from pre-school, primary, secondary and tertiary levels to adult literacy classes and vocational training. The services are provided by the government, religious institutions and private individuals. The district has experienced a sharp increase in school
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The economy of Zomba
District is dominated by agriculture, where individual maize production accounts for the main activity, while tobacco is cultivated as the main cash crop. Other crops produced include rice, cassava, sweet potato, groundnuts, beans and pigeon peas. Husbandry is still
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The district has a total population of 746,724 (2018) resulting in a population density of 316 persons per km, more than half (52.6%) of whom are 18 years or younger. The annual population growth rate over the last decade was two percent.
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and its tributary the
Thondwe River drain the central portion of the district eastwards into lake Chilwa. Lake Chilwa's extent varies with rainfall and evaporation, and the lake is surrounded by broad seasonal wetlands.
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total fertility rate stands at 5.3 children per woman. The infant mortality rate is 84 deaths per 1,000 live births and child mortality (14.4%) is among the highest in the country.
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forms the northwestern boundary of the district, and the northwestern portion of the district lies in the Shire River Valley, a portion of the
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to the east. The total land area is 2,363 km, representing three percent of the total land area of Malawi. The capital is
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Most of the district's native forests have been cleared for agriculture or plantations of introduced pines (
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Zomba
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Parliament of Malawi - Members of
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and technical groups are the dominant occupation groups.
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442:South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic
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168:Zomba District is bounded on the north by
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845:Districts in Southern Region, Malawi
50:Location of Zomba District in Malawi
94:2,363 km (912 sq mi)
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19:Place in Southern, Malawi
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38:Zomba District Council
243:2018 Census of Malawi
840:Districts of Malawi
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185:East African Rift
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359:Zomba Chisi
325:0.3% Others
197:Lake Chilwa
181:Shire River
834:Categories
742:Chiradzulu
694:Nkhotakota
646:Nkhata Bay
532:References
463:eucalyptus
434:ecoregions
408:Zomba City
395:Since the
229:(78%) and
174:Mozambique
130:Chiradzulu
99:Population
606:districts
503:Education
415:Economics
279:Mang'anja
215:Chinyanja
164:Geography
118:districts
777:Phalombe
752:Mangochi
747:Machinga
737:Chikwawa
732:Blantyre
684:Lilongwe
526:Lilongwe
518:Blantyre
223:Chilomwe
152:and the
146:Machinga
142:Phalombe
134:Blantyre
70:Southern
807:35°30′E
804:15°10′S
757:Mulanje
704:Ntchisi
689:Mchinji
679:Kasungu
631:Karonga
626:Chitipa
602:Regions
469:Tourism
428:Ecology
309:Nkhonde
297:Tumbuka
233:(20%).
138:Mulanje
120:in the
107:746,724
56:Country
782:Thyolo
772:Nsanje
762:Mwanza
727:Balaka
709:Salima
699:Ntcheu
651:Rumphi
641:Mzimba
636:Likoma
610:Malawi
485:Health
461:) and
436:. The
315:Lambya
267:Nyanja
265:21.7%
259:47.3%
253:23.1%
219:Chiyao
187:. The
150:Balaka
126:Malawi
66:Region
60:Malawi
787:Zomba
669:Dedza
522:Zomba
321:Sukwa
319:0.0%
313:0.0%
307:0.0%
303:Tonga
301:0.1%
295:0.3%
289:0.6%
285:Ngoni
283:2.1%
277:3.6%
273:Chewa
271:5.8%
255:Lomwe
231:Islam
158:Zomba
80:Zomba
767:Neno
674:Dowa
604:and
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76:Seat
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