# Area 23 Traditional authority, Lilongwe City, Central Region

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-23/

Traditional authority · Lilongwe City 

# Area 23

Area 23 is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Lilongwe City, Central Region. It covers **5.27 km²**. Open map data shows 5 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 5.3km²
- 5mapped services

## Where is Area 23?

Area 23 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 7 other traditional authorities: [Area 21](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-21/), [Area 22](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-22/), [Area 24](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-24/), [Area 35](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-35/), [Area 38](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-38/), [Area 44](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-44/) and [TA Tsabango](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe/ta-tsabango/). By area it is the 365th largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 1.3% of [Lilongwe City](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/). The centre of Area 23 is about 6.2 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. The centre point is at -14.0136° N, 33.8187° 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 23 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 23

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Kamuzu Barracks Hospital · Area 35 3.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.98177&mlon=33.82097#map=17/-13.98177/33.82097) 

Bank FMB ATM · Area 21 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.00335&mlon=33.81599#map=17/-14.00335/33.81599) 

ATM Standard Bank · Area 6 8.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.97304&mlon=33.75778#map=17/-13.97304/33.75778) 

Petrol pump Petroda · Area 8 3.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.01069&mlon=33.78752#map=17/-14.01069/33.78752) 

Hotel Kalikuti · Area 8 3.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.00767&mlon=33.79010#map=17/-14.00767/33.79010) 

Mall Alliance Mall · Area 3 5.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.99018&mlon=33.77085#map=17/-13.99018/33.77085) 

School Mlodza primary school · Area 23 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.00975&mlon=33.81875#map=17/-14.00975/33.81875) 

College Don Bosco Technical College · Area 23 0.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.01512&mlon=33.81995#map=17/-14.01512/33.81995) 

Police station Kawale Police · Area 7 3.7 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.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Area 23

Places mapped inside Area 23 in open map data, by type.

- Schools2
- Colleges and universities3

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 12
- Area 13
- Area 14
- Area 15
- Area 16
- Area 17
- Area 18
- Area 19
- Area 2
- Area 20
- Area 21
- Area 22
- 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 23?In Lilongwe City, Central Region, Malawi
- What borders Area 23?Area 21, Area 22, Area 24, Area 35, Area 38, Area 44 and TA Tsabango
- What is the best time to visit Area 23?April to November
- Where is the nearest hospital to Area 23?Kamuzu Barracks Hospital, about 3.5 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Area 23?FMB ATM, about 1.2 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Area 23?Standard Bank, about 8.0 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Area 23?Petroda, about 3.4 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Area 23?MW21053 (OCHA common operational dataset)