# Area 55 Traditional authority, Lilongwe City, Central Region

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Traditional authority · Lilongwe City 

# Area 55

Area 55 is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Lilongwe City, Central Region. It covers **54.6 km²**. 6 named villages and localities are recorded here.

- 54.6km²
- 1,201 mtypical elevation

## Where is Area 55?

Area 55 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 52](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-52/), [Area 54](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-54/), [TA Chitukula](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe/ta-chitukula/) and [TA Mtema](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe/ta-mtema/). By area it is the 268th largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 13.5% of [Lilongwe City](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/). The centre of Area 55 is about 15 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. The centre point is at -13.8327° N, 33.7611° 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 55

Open gazetteers list **6 villages, towns and localities** in Area 55. Settlements here lie between about 1,148 m and 1,223 m above sea level (median 1,201 m).

- Area 55
- Chibade
- Kalangoma
- Mlezi
- Mphande
- Sanyama

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 55 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 55

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Daeyang Luke Hospital · Area 27 6.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.87471&mlon=33.80820#map=17/-13.87471/33.80820) 

Bank Standard Bank · Area 29 7.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.88780&mlon=33.79848#map=17/-13.88780/33.79848) 

ATM FDH Bank · Area 29 7.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.89108&mlon=33.80050#map=17/-13.89108/33.80050) 

Petrol pump TotalEnergies Airport Junction Service Station · Area 54 6.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.80342&mlon=33.81397#map=17/-13.80342/33.81397) 

Hotel Kwathu Boutique Hotels · Area 54 6.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.85794&mlon=33.81017#map=17/-13.85794/33.81017) 

Mall Pacific Mall · Area 10 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.93842&mlon=33.79149#map=17/-13.93842/33.79149) 

School Madzinyanga F.P School · TA Chitukula 4.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.83359&mlon=33.71583#map=17/-13.83359/33.71583) 

College School of Aviation · Area 52 6.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.78464&mlon=33.78877#map=17/-13.78464/33.78877) 

Police station Kanengo Police Station · Area 25 6.8 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.

## 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 51
- Area 52
- Area 53
- Area 54
- Area 56
- Area 57
- Area 58
- Area 6
- Area 7
- Area 8
- Area 9

## Quick answers

- Where is Area 55?In Lilongwe City, Central Region, Malawi
- What borders Area 55?Area 25, Area 26, Area 52, Area 54, TA Chitukula and TA Mtema
- How many villages are in Area 55?6 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Area 55?Settlements lie between 1,148 m and 1,223 m
- What is the best time to visit Area 55?April to November
- Where is the nearest hospital to Area 55?Daeyang Luke Hospital, about 6.9 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Area 55?Standard Bank, about 7.3 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Area 55?FDH Bank, about 7.8 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Area 55?TotalEnergies Airport Junction Service Station, about 6.6 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Area 55?MW21085 (OCHA common operational dataset)