TABLE
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Table 4.2: Forest cover (%) by District,
with land area and population densities.
|
District
|
Land Area km2
|
Population Density
|
Forest Area (%)
|
|
Karonga
|
3355
|
44
|
69
|
|
NkhataBay
|
4089
|
34
|
58
|
|
Nkhotakota
|
4259
|
37
|
52
|
|
Rumphi
|
4789
|
20
|
44
|
|
Chutipa
|
4288
|
23
|
38
|
|
Mangochi
|
6273
|
79
|
38
|
|
Nsanje
|
1942
|
105
|
34
|
|
Chikwawa
|
4755
|
67
|
33
|
|
Mwanza
|
2295
|
53
|
31
|
|
Blantyre
|
2012
|
293
|
30
|
|
Kasungu
|
7878
|
41
|
28
|
|
Mzimba
|
10430
|
42
|
25
|
|
Dedza
|
3624
|
114
|
22
|
|
Lilongwe
|
6159
|
159
|
16
|
|
Machinga
|
5964
|
86
|
16
|
|
Ntchisi
|
1655
|
73
|
13
|
|
Mulanje
|
3450
|
185
|
12
|
|
Ntcheu
|
3424
|
105
|
10
|
|
Mchinji
|
3356
|
74
|
9
|
|
Salima
|
2196
|
86
|
7
|
|
Zomba
|
2580
|
171
|
7
|
|
Dowa
|
3041
|
106
|
4
|
|
Chiradzulu
|
767
|
275.
|
4
|
|
Thyolo
|
1715
|
251
|
2
|
Source: Forestry Department
(1992)
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