Kasungu is a district in the Central Region of Malawi. The capital is Kasungu. The district covers an area of 7,878 km.², borders Zambia and has a population of 480,659.
In Kusungu District you can cross the border into Zambia and take the legendary "100 miles of rough road" to Lulangua National Park in Zambia. If you survive the road, this is one of the great animal parks of southern Africa. Kasungu was the home to Malawi's first president, Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda. The district has a number of traditional leaders, among them T/As kaomba, Kaluluma, Chulu, Santhe, Simlemba, Chisemphere, Chinsikwa, Chilowamatambe.
Kasungu is also the home to the inventor, William Kamkwamba.
Though the district was a stronghold of the Malawi Congress Party, the party faired badly in the 2009 general elections. The party lost all parliamentary seats in the district, some to independents and mostly to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party.
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