# Ngabu Urban Traditional authority, Chikwawa District

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chikwawa/ngabu-urban/

Traditional authority · Chikwawa District 

# Ngabu Urban

Ngabu Urban is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Chikwawa District, Southern Region. It covers **7.57 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 7.6km²
- 2mapped services
- 127 mtypical elevation

## Where is Ngabu Urban?

Ngabu Urban lies in [Chikwawa District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chikwawa/), [Southern Region](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/), [Malawi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/). It borders 1 other traditional authority: [TA Ngabu](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chikwawa/ta-ngabu/). By area it is the 354th largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 0.2% of [Chikwawa District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chikwawa/). The centre of Ngabu Urban is about 300 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. It is about 48 km from Chikwawa, the main town of Chikwawa District. The centre point is at -16.4627° N, 34.8565° 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 Ngabu Urban

Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Ngabu Urban.

- Malemia

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 Ngabu Urban and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Chikwawa District, the warmest month is Nov (average 30 °C) and the coolest is Jul (21 °C). About 886 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (241 mm) and the driest Aug (4 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **March to September**.

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

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 26 241 

Feb 26 179 

Mar 25 116 

Apr 24 31 

May 23 12 

Jun 21 10 

Jul 21 16 

Aug 23 4 

Sep 27 8 

Oct 29 11 

Nov 30 73 

Dec 28 185 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Ngabu Urban

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Ngabu Rural Hospital · Ngabu Urban 3.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.45921&mlon=34.89216#map=17/-16.45921/34.89216) 

Bank Standard Bank · TA Lundu 21 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.27178&mlon=34.87062#map=17/-16.27178/34.87062) 

Petrol pump TotalEnergies Ngabu Service Station · Ngabu Urban 2.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.47003&mlon=34.87436#map=17/-16.47003/34.87436) 

Hotel Arrows Lodge · TA Lundu 22 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.26677&mlon=34.87151#map=17/-16.26677/34.87151) 

School Masanduko Primary School · TA Ngowe 15 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.47687&mlon=34.99335#map=17/-16.47687/34.99335) 

College Registrar's Office - Malawi Adventist University - Lakeview Campus · STA Masache 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.56881&mlon=34.92179#map=17/-16.56881/34.92179) 

Police station Nchalo Police Station · TA Lundu 23 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.25879&mlon=34.86696#map=17/-16.25879/34.86696) 

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 Ngabu Urban

Places mapped inside Ngabu Urban in open map data, by type.

- Hospitals1
- Petrol pumps1

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 Chikwawa District

- Chikwawa Boma
- Lengwe National Park
- Majete Game Reserve - Chikwawa
- STA Masache
- STA Ndakwela
- TA Chapananga
- TA Kasisi
- TA Katunga
- TA Lundu
- TA Makhwira
- TA Maseya
- TA Mlilima
- TA Ngabu
- TA Ngowe

## Quick answers

- Where is Ngabu Urban?In Chikwawa District, Southern Region, Malawi
- What borders Ngabu Urban?TA Ngabu
- How many villages are in Ngabu Urban?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit Ngabu Urban?March to September
- Where is the nearest hospital to Ngabu Urban?Ngabu Rural Hospital, about 3.8 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Ngabu Urban?Standard Bank, about 21 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Ngabu Urban?TotalEnergies Ngabu Service Station, about 2.1 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Ngabu Urban?1 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Ngabu Urban?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Ngabu Urban?MW31021 (OCHA common operational dataset)