# Area 17 Traditional authority, Lilongwe City, Central Region

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-17/

Traditional authority · Lilongwe City 

# Area 17

Area 17 is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Lilongwe City, Central Region. It covers **1.26 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here.

- 1.3km²
- 1,049 mtypical elevation

## Where is Area 17?

Area 17 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 5 other traditional authorities: [Area 21](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-21/), [Area 34](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-34/), [Area 35](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-35/), [Area 41](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-41/) and [Area 7](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-7/). By area it is the 416th largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 0.3% of [Lilongwe City](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/). The centre of Area 17 is about 2.2 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. The centre point is at -13.9754° N, 33.8060° 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).

## Villages and localities in Area 17

Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Area 17.

- Kawale

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Weather in Area 17 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 17

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Kamuzu Barracks Hospital · Area 35 1.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.98177&mlon=33.82097#map=17/-13.98177/33.82097) 

Bank National Bank · Area 16 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.96332&mlon=33.79228#map=17/-13.96332/33.79228) 

ATM Capital Hill · Area 20 3.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.94758&mlon=33.78974#map=17/-13.94758/33.78974) 

Petrol pump TotalEnergies Independence Drive Service Station · Area 13 2.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.95821&mlon=33.79474#map=17/-13.95821/33.79474) 

Hotel Capital City Motel · Area 13 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.97139&mlon=33.79845#map=17/-13.97139/33.79845) 

Mall Golden Peacock Shopping Centre · Area 13 1.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.95945&mlon=33.79960#map=17/-13.95945/33.79960) 

School Chisamba Primary School · Area 7 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.98450&mlon=33.80066#map=17/-13.98450/33.80066) 

College Pentecostal Life University · Area 13 1.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.95947&mlon=33.79993#map=17/-13.95947/33.79993) 

Police station Kawale Police · Area 7 1.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.98872&mlon=33.79611#map=17/-13.98872/33.79611) 

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.

## Other traditional authorities in Lilongwe City

- Area 1
- Area 10
- Area 11
- Area 12
- Area 13
- Area 14
- Area 15
- Area 16
- 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 17?In Lilongwe City, Central Region, Malawi
- What borders Area 17?Area 21, Area 34, Area 35, Area 41 and Area 7
- How many villages are in Area 17?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit Area 17?April to November
- Where is the nearest hospital to Area 17?Kamuzu Barracks Hospital, about 1.8 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Area 17?National Bank, about 2.0 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Area 17?Capital Hill, about 3.6 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Area 17?TotalEnergies Independence Drive Service Station, about 2.3 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Area 17?MW21047 (OCHA common operational dataset)