# Area 51 Traditional authority, Lilongwe City, Central Region

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-51/

Traditional authority · Lilongwe City 

# Area 51

Area 51 is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Lilongwe City, Central Region. It covers **2.36 km²**. Open map data shows 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 2.4km²
- 1mapped services

## Where is Area 51?

Area 51 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 25](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-25/), [Area 26](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-26/), [Area 28](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-28/), [Area 29](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-29/), [Area 43](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-43/) and [Area 50](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-50/). By area it is the 396th 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 51 is about 7.5 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. The centre point is at -13.8996° N, 33.7812° 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 51 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 51

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Daeyang Luke Hospital · Area 27 4.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.87619&mlon=33.80879#map=17/-13.87619/33.80879) 

Bank Malawi Police SACCO · Area 28 1.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.91445&mlon=33.78421#map=17/-13.91445/33.78421) 

ATM FDH Bank · Area 29 2.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.89108&mlon=33.80050#map=17/-13.89108/33.80050) 

Petrol pump Petroda · Area 29 1.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.90165&mlon=33.79291#map=17/-13.90165/33.79291) 

Hotel Barefoot Lodge and Safaris · Area 28 1.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.91447&mlon=33.78420#map=17/-13.91447/33.78420) 

Mall Pacific Mall · Area 10 4.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.93842&mlon=33.79149#map=17/-13.93842/33.79149) 

School Lilongwe Demo · Area 25 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.89219&mlon=33.77646#map=17/-13.89219/33.77646) 

College Mzuzu University - Lilongwe Branch · Area 25 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.89354&mlon=33.77550#map=17/-13.89354/33.77550) 

Police station Kanengo Police Station · Area 25 1.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.89320&mlon=33.76959#map=17/-13.89320/33.76959) 

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 51

Places mapped inside Area 51 in open map data, by type.

- Colleges and universities1

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 40
- Area 41
- Area 42
- Area 43
- Area 44
- Area 45
- Area 46
- Area 47
- Area 48
- Area 49
- Area 5
- Area 50
- 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 51?In Lilongwe City, Central Region, Malawi
- What borders Area 51?Area 25, Area 26, Area 28, Area 29, Area 43 and Area 50
- What is the best time to visit Area 51?April to November
- Where is the nearest hospital to Area 51?Daeyang Luke Hospital, about 4.0 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Area 51?Malawi Police SACCO, about 1.7 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Area 51?FDH Bank, about 2.3 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Area 51?Petroda, about 1.3 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Area 51?MW21081 (OCHA common operational dataset)