# Nyika National Park-Karonga Traditional authority – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/northern/karonga/nyika-national-park-karonga/ Traditional authority · Karonga District # Nyika National Park-Karonga Nyika National Park-Karonga is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Karonga District, Northern Region. It covers **557.6 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here. - 558km² - 1,144 mtypical elevation ## Where is Nyika National Park-Karonga? Nyika National Park-Karonga lies in [Karonga District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/northern/karonga/), [Northern Region](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/northern/), [Malawi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/). It borders 6 other traditional authorities: [Nyika National Park](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/northern/rumphi/nyika-national-park/), [Nyika Ntational Park-Chitipa](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/northern/chitipa/nyika-ntational-park-chitipa/), [STA Kachulu](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/northern/rumphi/sta-kachulu/), [TA Kyungu](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/northern/karonga/ta-kyungu/), [TA Mwirang'ombe](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/northern/karonga/ta-mwirang-ombe/) and [TA Wasambo](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/northern/karonga/ta-wasambo/). By area it is the 38th largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 16.3% of [Karonga District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/northern/karonga/). The centre of Nyika National Park-Karonga is about 401 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. It is about 48 km from Karonga, the main town of Karonga District. The centre point is at -10.3654° N, 33.9881° 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 Nyika National Park-Karonga Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Nyika National Park-Karonga. - Kasjuli 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). ## Landscape and landmarks of Nyika National Park-Karonga Named natural and historic features inside Nyika National Park-Karonga, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 8 rivers and streams. - Bumba - Chezamo - Chito Stream - Guwu - Kasakilane - Njalo - Njuju Stream - Urongo ### Hills and mountains 2 mountains; 1 peak. - Mpanda Peak · 1,981 m - Uikizi · 1,891 m - Mugombi · 1,271 m Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in Nyika National Park-Karonga and the best time to visit Using the climate of Karonga District, the warmest month is Nov (average 23 °C) and the coolest is Jul (15 °C), after allowing for this place being about 639 m higher than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 1,306 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (285 mm) and the driest Sep (4 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **May to November**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 19 285 Feb 19 210 Mar 19 237 Apr 18 128 May 17 31 Jun 15 13 Jul 15 9 Aug 17 7 Sep 20 4 Oct 22 26 Nov 23 92 Dec 21 265 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Nyika National Park-Karonga Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Nyungwe Hospital · TA Mwirang'ombe 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-10.28746&mlon=34.10772#map=17/-10.28746/34.10772) Petrol pump Meru · TA Wasambo 26 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-10.45359&mlon=34.21056#map=17/-10.45359/34.21056) Hotel Koyi Lodge · TA Wasambo 26 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-10.44089&mlon=34.21144#map=17/-10.44089/34.21144) School Nyungwe · TA Mwirang'ombe 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-10.28805&mlon=34.10625#map=17/-10.28805/34.10625) College Livingstonia Technical College · TA Mwalweni 30 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-10.60964&mlon=34.11218#map=17/-10.60964/34.11218) Police station Nchewere Road Block · TA Wasambo 22 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-10.33935&mlon=34.18710#map=17/-10.33935/34.18710) 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 Karonga District - Karonga Town - TA Kilupula - TA Kyungu - TA Mwakaboko - TA Mwirang'ombe - TA Wasambo ## Quick answers - Where is Nyika National Park-Karonga?In Karonga District, Northern Region, Malawi - What borders Nyika National Park-Karonga?Nyika National Park, Nyika Ntational Park-Chitipa, STA Kachulu, TA Kyungu, TA Mwirang'ombe and TA Wasambo - How many villages are in Nyika National Park-Karonga?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the highest point in Nyika National Park-Karonga?Mpanda Peak (1,981 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Nyika National Park-Karonga?May to November - Where is the nearest hospital to Nyika National Park-Karonga?Nyungwe Hospital, about 16 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Nyika National Park-Karonga?Meru, about 26 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Nyika National Park-Karonga?MW10206 (OCHA common operational dataset)