# TA Lundu Traditional authority, Chikwawa District – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chikwawa/ta-lundu/ Traditional authority · Chikwawa District # TA Lundu TA Lundu is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Chikwawa District, Southern Region. It covers **198.5 km²**. 7 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 28 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 199km² - 28mapped services - 73 mtypical elevation ## Where is TA Lundu? TA Lundu lies in [Chikwawa District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chikwawa/), [Southern Region](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/), [Malawi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/). It borders 4 other traditional authorities: [Lengwe National Park](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chikwawa/lengwe-national-park/), [STA Ndakwela](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chikwawa/sta-ndakwela/), [TA Maseya](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chikwawa/ta-maseya/) and [TA Ngabu](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chikwawa/ta-ngabu/). By area it is the 157th largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 4.1% of [Chikwawa District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chikwawa/). The centre of TA Lundu is about 277 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. It is about 23 km from Chikwawa, the main town of Chikwawa District. The centre point is at -16.2236° N, 34.8735° 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 TA Lundu Open gazetteers list **7 villages, towns and localities** in TA Lundu. Settlements here lie between about 67 m and 74 m above sea level (median 73 m). - Chimatiro - Crowndi - Mbewe - Mwanena - Nchalo - Sanjama - Sekeni 1 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 TA Lundu Named natural and historic features inside TA Lundu, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 2 rivers and streams. - Namitalala - Nkate ### Getting around 2 airfields. - Nchalo Sucoma Airport - Sucoma 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 TA Lundu 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 TA Lundu Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital St Montfort Hospital · TA Lundu 3.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.25681&mlon=34.86892#map=17/-16.25681/34.86892) Bank SUCOMA SACCO · TA Lundu 4.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.26597&mlon=34.87247#map=17/-16.26597/34.87247) Petrol pump ILLOVO (TOTAL Filling) · TA Lundu 4.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.25761&mlon=34.89431#map=17/-16.25761/34.89431) Hotel St Moses Private Secondary School · TA Lundu 3.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.25557&mlon=34.86431#map=17/-16.25557/34.86431) School Nchalo TDC · TA Lundu 3.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.25777&mlon=34.86908#map=17/-16.25777/34.86908) College Teacher Development Center · TA Makhwira 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.20389&mlon=35.01841#map=17/-16.20389/35.01841) Police station Nchalo Police Station · TA Lundu 4.0 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 TA Lundu Places mapped inside TA Lundu in open map data, by type. - Hospitals2 - Banks6 - Petrol pumps3 - Hotels6 - Schools5 - Pharmacies1 - Restaurants4 - 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 Chikwawa District - Chikwawa Boma - Lengwe National Park - Majete Game Reserve - Chikwawa - Ngabu Urban - STA Masache - STA Ndakwela - TA Chapananga - TA Kasisi - TA Katunga - TA Makhwira - TA Maseya - TA Mlilima - TA Ngabu - TA Ngowe ## Quick answers - Where is TA Lundu?In Chikwawa District, Southern Region, Malawi - What borders TA Lundu?Lengwe National Park, STA Ndakwela, TA Maseya and TA Ngabu - How many villages are in TA Lundu?7 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of TA Lundu?Settlements lie between 67 m and 74 m - What is the best time to visit TA Lundu?March to September - Where is the nearest hospital to TA Lundu?St Montfort Hospital, about 3.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to TA Lundu?SUCOMA SACCO, about 4.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to TA Lundu?ILLOVO (TOTAL Filling), about 4.4 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in TA Lundu?2 mapped - How many banks are in TA Lundu?6 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in TA Lundu?3 mapped - What is the P-code of TA Lundu?MW31002 (OCHA common operational dataset)