# Area 40 Traditional authority, Lilongwe City, Central Region

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-40/

Traditional authority · Lilongwe City 

# Area 40

Area 40 is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Lilongwe City, Central Region. It covers **0.42 km²**. Open map data shows 5 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 0.4km²
- 5mapped services

## Where is Area 40?

Area 40 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 14](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-14/), [Area 16](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-16/), [Area 19](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-19/), [Area 31](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-31/), [Area 32](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-32/) and [Area 33](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-33/). By area it is the 429th largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 0.1% of [Lilongwe City](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/). The centre of Area 40 is about 0.7 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. The centre point is at -13.9610° N, 33.7872° 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 40 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 40

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital MASM · Area 32 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.96442&mlon=33.77793#map=17/-13.96442/33.77793) 

Bank Reserve Bank Of Malawi · Area 16 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.96329&mlon=33.78963#map=17/-13.96329/33.78963) 

ATM Capital Hill · Area 20 1.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.94758&mlon=33.78974#map=17/-13.94758/33.78974) 

Petrol pump TotalEnergies Kambuku Service Station · Area 19 0.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.96072&mlon=33.78929#map=17/-13.96072/33.78929) 

Hotel Platinum Hotels Lilongwe · Area 19 0.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.96092&mlon=33.79165#map=17/-13.96092/33.79165) 

Mall Lilongwe City centre · Area 19 0.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.96049&mlon=33.79279#map=17/-13.96049/33.79279) 

School Chitedze Community Day Secondary School · Area 40 0.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.96524&mlon=33.78655#map=17/-13.96524/33.78655) 

College Malawi College of Accountancy (MCA) · Area 19 0.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.95721&mlon=33.79130#map=17/-13.95721/33.79130) 

Police station Sanctuary Police Unit · Area 40 0.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.96537&mlon=33.78618#map=17/-13.96537/33.78618) 

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 40

Places mapped inside Area 40 in open map data, by type.

- Petrol pumps2
- Schools1
- Restaurants1
- 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 12
- 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 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 40?In Lilongwe City, Central Region, Malawi
- What borders Area 40?Area 14, Area 16, Area 19, Area 31, Area 32 and Area 33
- What is the best time to visit Area 40?April to November
- Where is the nearest hospital to Area 40?MASM, about 1.1 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Area 40?Reserve Bank Of Malawi, about 0.4 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Area 40?Capital Hill, about 1.5 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Area 40?TotalEnergies Kambuku Service Station, about 0.2 km from the centre
- How many petrol pumps are in Area 40?2 mapped
- What is the P-code of Area 40?MW21070 (OCHA common operational dataset)