# Soche West Ward Traditional authority, Blantyre City

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/blantyre-city/soche-west-ward/

Traditional authority · Blantyre City 

# Soche West Ward

Soche West Ward is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Blantyre City, Southern Region. It covers **9.14 km²**. 29 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 4 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 9.1km²
- 4mapped services
- 1,169 mtypical elevation

## Where is Soche West Ward?

Soche West Ward lies in [Blantyre City](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/blantyre-city/), [Southern Region](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/), [Malawi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/). It borders 6 other traditional authorities: [Blantyre South Ward](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/blantyre-city/blantyre-south-ward/), [Green Corner Ward](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/blantyre-city/green-corner-ward/), [Misesa Ward](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/blantyre-city/misesa-ward/), [Soche East Ward](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/blantyre-city/soche-east-ward/), [TA Kapeni](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/blantyre/ta-kapeni/) and [TA Somba](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/blantyre/ta-somba/). By area it is the 345th largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 3.8% of [Blantyre City](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/blantyre-city/). The centre of Soche West Ward is about 246 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. It is about 5.4 km from Blantyre, the main town of Blantyre City. The centre point is at -15.8310° N, 35.0232° 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 Soche West Ward

Open gazetteers list **29 villages, towns and localities** in Soche West Ward.

- 3 Ways
- Camara
- Chibowa
- Chimwankhunda Chawinga
- Chimwankhunda Chisa
- Chimwankhunda Dam/ Living waters/ Joyce Banda
- Chimwankhunda Day Secondary School
- Chimwankhunda Maldeco
- Chimwankhunda Malingamoyo
- Chimwankhunda Mosque
- Chimwankhunda Zion
- Chitsa
- Kapeni
- Manja A
- Manja B
- Misesa Quarry
- Mkulimba
- Soche 3 Ways
- Soche Billy
- Soche Jailosi
- Soche M'bawa
- Somba
- Zingwangwa
- Zingwangwa BLM/ ADMARC
- Zingwangwa Chipatalala
- Zingwangwa Mondoni
- Zingwangwa Nzikiti
- Zingwangwa Soche East
- Zingwangwa-7 doors

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 Soche West Ward

Named natural and historic features inside Soche West Ward, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Hills and mountains

1 mountain.

- Soche Hill · 1,525 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 Soche West Ward and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Blantyre City, the warmest month is Nov (average 28 °C) and the coolest is Jul (19 °C). About 1,176 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (309 mm) and the driest Aug (8 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **April to October**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 25 309 

Feb 24 223 

Mar 24 171 

Apr 22 52 

May 21 20 

Jun 20 19 

Jul 19 33 

Aug 22 8 

Sep 25 10 

Oct 28 16 

Nov 28 84 

Dec 26 230 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Soche West Ward

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Hospital · Soche East Ward 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.81307&mlon=35.02215#map=17/-15.81307/35.02215) 

Bank Standard Bank · Soche East Ward 3.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.80301&mlon=35.03440#map=17/-15.80301/35.03440) 

ATM National Bank · Soche East Ward 2.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.80683&mlon=35.02487#map=17/-15.80683/35.02487) 

Petrol pump Kudya Filling Station · Soche East Ward 1.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.81541&mlon=35.01733#map=17/-15.81541/35.01733) 

Hotel Chinyonga Guest House · Misesa Ward 2.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.81608&mlon=35.03810#map=17/-15.81608/35.03810) 

Mall Rosewood Mall · Blantyre South Ward 3.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.80539&mlon=35.01021#map=17/-15.80539/35.01021) 

School Joyce Banda Foundation · Soche West Ward 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.82448&mlon=35.01874#map=17/-15.82448/35.01874) 

College Malawi Assemblies Of God University - MAGU Blantyre Campus · Soche East Ward 1.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.81557&mlon=35.02615#map=17/-15.81557/35.02615) 

Police station Chilobwe Police Station · Green Corner Ward 1.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.83236&mlon=35.00623#map=17/-15.83236/35.00623) 

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 Soche West Ward

Places mapped inside Soche West Ward in open map data, by type.

- Schools3
- 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 Blantyre City

- Bangwe Mthandizi Ward
- Bangwe Ward
- Blantyre City Centre Ward
- Blantyre South Ward
- Chigumula Ward
- Chilomoni Ward
- Green Corner Ward
- Limbe Central Ward
- Mapanga Ward
- Mbayani Ward
- Michiru Ward
- Misesa Ward
- Mzedi Ward
- Namalimwe Ward
- Namiyango Ward
- Ndirande Gamulani Ward
- Ndirande Makata Ward
- Ndirande Matope Ward
- Nkolokoti Ward
- Nyambadwe Ward
- Soche East Ward
- South Lunzu Ward

## Quick answers

- Where is Soche West Ward?In Blantyre City, Southern Region, Malawi
- What borders Soche West Ward?Blantyre South Ward, Green Corner Ward, Misesa Ward, Soche East Ward, TA Kapeni and TA Somba
- How many villages are in Soche West Ward?29 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the highest point in Soche West Ward?Soche Hill (1,525 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Soche West Ward?April to October
- Where is the nearest hospital to Soche West Ward?Hospital, about 2.0 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Soche West Ward?Standard Bank, about 3.3 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Soche West Ward?National Bank, about 2.7 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Soche West Ward?Kudya Filling Station, about 1.8 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Soche West Ward?MW31550 (OCHA common operational dataset)