Blank Map of Malawi – Districts to Print and Label

All 28 districts on the diagram

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Northern Region 6

Chitipa
Karonga
Likoma
Mzimba
Nkhata Bay
Rumphi

Central Region 9

Dedza
Dowa
Kasungu
Lilongwe
Mchinji
Nkhotakota
Ntcheu
Ntchisi
Salima

Southern Region 13

Balaka
Blantyre
Chikwawa
Chiradzulu
Machinga
Mangochi
Mulanje
Mwanza
Neno
Nsanje
Phalombe
Thyolo
Zomba

How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-10-01; ids, points, the ring of Likoma and accepted spellings are Natural Earth's, without the colonial-era names of the towns. The source gives the Karonga shape the name and code of Chitipa; the spec labels it Karonga (MW-KR). The 28 districts are today's units: the count, every name and the region of every district were compared on 2026-10-01 with the list of ISO 3166-2 codes for Malawi as Wikipedia prints it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:MW: 28 districts, 6 in the Northern, 9 in the Central and 13 in the Southern Region) and with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districts_of_Malawi (28 districts in three regions, with the same names and regions), both read 2026-10-01, and with the boundary table of the United Nations humanitarian office (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-mwi, reviewed 4 October 2024), which lists the same 28 districts in the same regions beside four cities listed apart. Lake Malawi is cut out of the district shapes and drawn as open water with no border line on it: the border on the lake is disputed between Malawi and Tanzania (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Malawi, section on the dispute, read 2026-10-01), and the drawing shows neither claim. The points of nine southern districts (Balaka, Blantyre, Chikwawa, Chiradzulu, Mwanza, Neno, Phalombe, Thyolo, Zomba) were moved a few units inside their own shapes, so that their names stand clear of each other when the sheet writes them; the points file has the generator's points. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Water cut out of the shapes from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_lakes (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centred on 13.6°S 34.3°E. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This blank map of Malawi shows its 28 districts in three regions, along the western and southern shores of Lake Malawi. The lake is open water on the sheet, with no border line drawn on it.

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Blank, numbered or named

The sheet opens blank. Choose Numbered to put a number on each of the 28 districts, or Named for their names, then press Print this map; the answer key prints on its own sheet.

Three regions and a lake

The Northern Region has 6 districts, the Central Region 9 and the Southern Region 13, where the shapes are smallest. Mzimba, in the north, is the largest district. Likoma, the smallest, lies in the lake near the far shore and carries a ring.

Give each group one region to label: the quiz can also ask the Northern, Central or Southern Region alone.

Questions and answers

How many districts does Malawi have?

Twenty-eight, in three regions: 6 in the Northern Region, 9 in the Central Region and 13 in the Southern Region. All 28 are numbered on this map.

Which countries border Malawi?

Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south and southwest. They are drawn as plain land without names.

Is Lake Malawi on the map?

Yes, as open water along the east side of the country, with no number. Some borders on this map are disputed: Malawi and Tanzania disagree about the border on the lake, so no border line is drawn on the water. Tanzania calls it Lake Nyasa.

Where is Lilongwe on the map?

Lilongwe, the capital, is in Lilongwe District in the Central Region. The district has a number; the city itself is not marked.