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Dowa TTC College opened in 2003. The district aims to drop the high school dropout rate from six percent to four percent by 2020, and also add more classrooms to lower the current 111 to 1 student/classroom ratio.
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zone, and the mean temperature is about 65 degrees Fahrenheit. There are as many as twenty rainy days a month in the wet season to as little as none in the dry season.
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dancing is an integral part of the culture inherited from the Chewa ancestors. These two groups are mostly farming communities. People of the
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The district covers an area of 3,041 km². and has a population of 556, 678. The capital city,
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is home to 5,565 people. Dowa the city is about 38 kilometers away from Malawi's capital city,
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farming, and the main food crops produced in the district are
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Dowa District is an agricultural district which focuses on
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all of the areas have been controlled by members of the
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ethnic group are also found, mostly in trading centers.
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Index

Location of Dowa District in Malawi
district
Central Region
Malawi
Dowa

Dowa
Lilongwe
Dowa
Mponela
2018 Census of Malawi
ethnic group
Chewa
Ngoni
Yao
Tumbuka
Lomwe
Tonga
Mang'anja
Sena
Nkhonde
Lambya
Nyanja
Sukwa
Chewas
Ngonis
Nyau
Yao
cotton
tobacco

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