# Liwonde Town Traditional authority, Balaka District – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/balaka/liwonde-town/ Traditional authority · Balaka District # Liwonde Town Liwonde Town is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Balaka District, Southern Region. It covers **6.23 km²**. Open map data shows 8 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 6.2km² - 8mapped services ## Where is Liwonde Town? Liwonde Town lies in [Balaka District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/balaka/), [Southern Region](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/), [Malawi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/). It borders 3 other traditional authorities: [Liwonde Town](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/liwonde-town/), [TA Amidu](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/balaka/ta-amidu/) and [TA Msamala](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/balaka/ta-msamala/). By area it is the 359th largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 0.3% of [Balaka District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/balaka/). The centre of Liwonde Town is about 195 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. It is about 29 km from Balaka, the main town of Balaka District. The centre point is at -15.0587° N, 35.2089° 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). ## Landscape and landmarks of Liwonde Town Named natural and historic features inside Liwonde Town, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 river or stream. - Chimwalira Stream 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 Liwonde Town and the best time to visit Using the climate of Balaka District, the warmest month is Nov (average 27 °C) and the coolest is Jul (18 °C). About 1,158 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (330 mm) and the driest Aug (6 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 24 330 Feb 23 223 Mar 23 173 Apr 21 52 May 20 13 Jun 18 9 Jul 18 16 Aug 21 6 Sep 24 8 Oct 27 17 Nov 27 74 Dec 25 237 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Liwonde Town Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Machinga District Hospital · Liwonde Town 1.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.06192&mlon=35.22454#map=17/-15.06192/35.22454) Bank National Bank · Liwonde Town 2.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.06976&mlon=35.22699#map=17/-15.06976/35.22699) Petrol pump Puma · Liwonde Town 1.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.06615&mlon=35.22375#map=17/-15.06615/35.22375) Hotel Annie's Lodge · Liwonde Town 0.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.05228&mlon=35.20526#map=17/-15.05228/35.20526) Mall chapola trading centre · TA Chimwala 36 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.73257&mlon=35.19734#map=17/-14.73257/35.19734) School Chinguni primary school · TA Sitola 6.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.07109&mlon=35.26871#map=17/-15.07109/35.26871) College Teachers Training Centre · TA Sitola 9.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.13423&mlon=35.24177#map=17/-15.13423/35.24177) Police station Liwonde Road Block · Liwonde Town 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.05882&mlon=35.21784#map=17/-15.05882/35.21784) 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 Liwonde Town Places mapped inside Liwonde Town in open map data, by type. - Petrol pumps1 - Hotels4 - Restaurants2 - 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 Balaka District - Balaka Town - STA Kachenga - STA Matola - STA Phalula - STA Toleza - TA Amidu - TA Chanthunya - TA Kalembo - TA Msamala - TA Nkaya - TA Sawali ## Quick answers - Where is Liwonde Town?In Balaka District, Southern Region, Malawi - What borders Liwonde Town?Liwonde Town, TA Amidu and TA Msamala - What is the best time to visit Liwonde Town?April to November - Where is the nearest hospital to Liwonde Town?Machinga District Hospital, about 1.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Liwonde Town?National Bank, about 2.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Liwonde Town?Puma, about 1.8 km from the centre - How many petrol pumps are in Liwonde Town?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Liwonde Town?MW31221 (OCHA common operational dataset)