Karonga District

Karonga is a district in the Northern Region of Malawi. The district covers an area of 3,355 km.² and has a population of 365,028. It is a border district between Malawi and Tanzania's Mbeya Region's Kyela District. Chitumbuka is the major language spoken in the district and is also the second language of several other ethnic groups in the district such as the Nkhonde, among others. The majority of the population are mainly the Tumbuka people and a few Ngonde people.

Karonga District is the main border from Tanzania into Malawi, and the capital is Karonga. The district shares internal boundary with Rumphi District in the South and Chitipa District to the North.

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