# Area 12 Traditional authority, Lilongwe City, Central Region

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-12/

Traditional authority · Lilongwe City 

# Area 12

Area 12 is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Lilongwe City, Central Region. It covers **2.52 km²**. Open map data shows 19 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 2.5km²
- 19mapped services

## Where is Area 12?

Area 12 lies in [Lilongwe City](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/), [Central Region](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/), [Malawi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/). It borders 6 other traditional authorities: [Area 10](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-10/), [Area 11](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-11/), [Area 13](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-13/), [Area 34](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-34/), [Area 41](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-41/) and [Area 42](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-42/). By area it is the 393rd largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 0.6% of [Lilongwe City](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/). The centre of Area 12 is about 2.8 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. The centre point is at -13.9549° N, 33.8102° E.

Source: [National Statistics Office of Malawi via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-mwi).

## Weather in Area 12 and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Lilongwe City, the warmest month is Nov (average 25 °C) and the coolest is Jul (16 °C). About 1,047 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (307 mm) and the driest Jun (2 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **April to November**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 21 307 

Feb 21 216 

Mar 21 151 

Apr 19 40 

May 18 6 

Jun 16 2 

Jul 16 3 

Aug 18 2 

Sep 21 3 

Oct 24 12 

Nov 25 63 

Dec 23 242 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Area 12

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital MASM Medi Clinics - Area 12 · Area 12 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.95729&mlon=33.80787#map=17/-13.95729/33.80787) 

Bank Nedbank · Area 19 1.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.95979&mlon=33.79331#map=17/-13.95979/33.79331) 

ATM Capital Hill · Area 20 2.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.94758&mlon=33.78974#map=17/-13.94758/33.78974) 

Petrol pump Total Area 12 · Area 12 0.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.95511&mlon=33.80978#map=17/-13.95511/33.80978) 

Hotel Wendels Guest House · Area 12 0.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.95619&mlon=33.80847#map=17/-13.95619/33.80847) 

Mall Golden Peacock Shopping Centre · Area 13 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.95945&mlon=33.79960#map=17/-13.95945/33.79960) 

School Mphungu Primary and Secondary School · Area 12 0.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.95595&mlon=33.81122#map=17/-13.95595/33.81122) 

College Pentecostal Life University · Area 13 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.95947&mlon=33.79993#map=17/-13.95947/33.79993) 

Police station Area 12 Police Station · Area 12 0.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.95465&mlon=33.80913#map=17/-13.95465/33.80913) 

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Area 12

Places mapped inside Area 12 in open map data, by type.

- Hospitals1
- Petrol pumps2
- Hotels5
- Schools2
- Restaurants8
- Police stations1

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Other traditional authorities in Lilongwe City

- Area 1
- Area 10
- Area 11
- Area 13
- Area 14
- Area 15
- Area 16
- Area 17
- Area 18
- Area 19
- Area 2
- Area 20
- Area 21
- Area 22
- Area 23
- Area 24
- Area 25
- Area 26
- Area 27
- Area 28
- Area 29
- Area 3
- Area 30
- Area 31
- Area 32
- Area 33
- Area 34
- Area 35
- Area 36
- Area 37
- Area 38
- Area 39
- Area 4
- Area 40
- Area 41
- Area 42
- Area 43
- Area 44
- Area 45
- Area 46
- Area 47
- Area 48
- Area 49
- Area 5
- Area 50
- Area 51
- Area 52
- Area 53
- Area 54
- Area 55
- Area 56
- Area 57
- Area 58
- Area 6
- Area 7
- Area 8
- Area 9

## Quick answers

- Where is Area 12?In Lilongwe City, Central Region, Malawi
- What borders Area 12?Area 10, Area 11, Area 13, Area 34, Area 41 and Area 42
- What is the best time to visit Area 12?April to November
- Where is the nearest hospital to Area 12?MASM Medi Clinics - Area 12, about 0.4 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Area 12?Nedbank, about 1.9 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Area 12?Capital Hill, about 2.3 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Area 12?Total Area 12, about 0.0 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Area 12?1 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Area 12?2 mapped
- What is the P-code of Area 12?MW21042 (OCHA common operational dataset)