# Area 6 Traditional authority, Lilongwe City, Central Region

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-6/

Traditional authority · Lilongwe City 

# Area 6

Area 6 is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Lilongwe City, Central Region. It covers **1.53 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here, and 6 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 1.5km²
- 6mapped services
- 1,088 mtypical elevation

## Where is Area 6?

Area 6 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 15](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-15/), [Area 32](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-32/), [Area 4](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-4/), [Area 47](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-47/), [Area 5](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-5/) and [Area 9](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-9/). By area it is the 411th largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 0.4% of [Lilongwe City](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/). The centre of Area 6 is about 2.2 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. The centre point is at -13.9686° N, 33.7670° 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 6

Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Area 6.

- Thope

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 6 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 6

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Rapha Family Clinic · Area 6 0.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.97006&mlon=33.77427#map=17/-13.97006/33.77427) 

Bank Standard Bank · Area 15 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.96504&mlon=33.76546#map=17/-13.96504/33.76546) 

ATM Standard Bank · Area 6 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.97304&mlon=33.75778#map=17/-13.97304/33.75778) 

Petrol pump Petroda · Area 47 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.96270&mlon=33.76194#map=17/-13.96270/33.76194) 

Hotel Sunrise Motel · Area 5 0.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.97400&mlon=33.76171#map=17/-13.97400/33.76171) 

Mall City Mall · Area 47 1.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.97311&mlon=33.75624#map=17/-13.97311/33.75624) 

School Paramount International Academy · Area 6 0.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.96734&mlon=33.76483#map=17/-13.96734/33.76483) 

College Malawi Assemblies of God University(MAGU) · Area 32 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.96066&mlon=33.77502#map=17/-13.96066/33.77502) 

Police station Sanctuary Police Unit · Area 40 2.1 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 6

Places mapped inside Area 6 in open map data, by type.

- Hospitals1
- ATMs1
- Petrol pumps1
- Schools2
- Restaurants1

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 51
- Area 52
- Area 53
- Area 54
- Area 55
- Area 56
- Area 57
- Area 58
- Area 7
- Area 8
- Area 9

## Quick answers

- Where is Area 6?In Lilongwe City, Central Region, Malawi
- What borders Area 6?Area 15, Area 32, Area 4, Area 47, Area 5 and Area 9
- How many villages are in Area 6?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit Area 6?April to November
- Where is the nearest hospital to Area 6?Rapha Family Clinic, about 0.8 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Area 6?Standard Bank, about 0.4 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Area 6?Standard Bank, about 1.1 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Area 6?Petroda, about 0.9 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Area 6?1 mapped
- How many ATMs are in Area 6?1 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Area 6?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Area 6?MW21036 (OCHA common operational dataset)