Subdivisions of Malawi

The districts of Malawi, with the capital Lilongwe marked in red.

Main articles: Regions of Malawi and Districts of Malawi

Malawi is divided into 28 districts within three regions:

Central Region

- 1 – Dedza
- 2 – Dowa
- 3 – Kasungu
- 4 – Lilongwe
- 5 – Mchinji
- 6 – Nkhotakota
- 7 – Ntcheu
- 8 – Ntchisi
- 9 – Salima

Northern Region

- 10 – Chitipa
- 11 – Karonga
- 12 – Likoma
- 13 – Mzimba
- 14 – Nkhata Bay
- 15 – Rumphi

Southern Region

- 16 – Balaka
- 17 – Blantyre
- 18 – Chikwawa
- 19 – Chiradzulu
- 20 – Machinga
- 21 – Mangochi
- 22 – Mulanje
- 23 – Mwanza
- 24 – Nsanje
- 25 – Thyolo
- 26 – Phalombe
- 27 – Zomba
- 28 – Neno

Subdivisions of Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Western Sahara