# STA Onga Traditional authority, Chiradzulu District – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chiradzulu/sta-onga/ Traditional authority · Chiradzulu District # STA Onga STA Onga is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Chiradzulu District, Southern Region. It covers **32.0 km²**. 12 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 32.0km² - 1mapped services ## Where is STA Onga? STA Onga lies in [Chiradzulu District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chiradzulu/), [Southern Region](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/), [Malawi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/). It borders 3 other traditional authorities: [TA Kadewere](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chiradzulu/ta-kadewere/), [TA Likoswe](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chiradzulu/ta-likoswe/) and [TA Mpama](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chiradzulu/ta-mpama/). By area it is the 291st largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 4.2% of [Chiradzulu District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chiradzulu/). The centre of STA Onga is about 248 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. It is about 8.9 km from Chiradzulu, the main town of Chiradzulu District. The centre point is at -15.7383° N, 35.1911° 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 STA Onga Open gazetteers list **12 villages, towns and localities** in STA Onga. - Chalira Village - Ching'amba - Chiwala - Chombe - Masamba Village - Mathuli - Mponda - Mponda Village - Nile Village - Nsiya - Potani - Ta Onga 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 STA Onga Named natural and historic features inside STA Onga, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 river or stream. - Mbombwe ### Hills and mountains 1 mountain; 1 hill. - Maune Hill · 987 m - Chizungulira · 985 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 STA Onga and the best time to visit Using the climate of Chiradzulu District, 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 STA Onga Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Chiradzulu District Hospital · TA Mpama 3.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.70982&mlon=35.17521#map=17/-15.70982/35.17521) Bank banks · TA Likoswe 9.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.82566&mlon=35.20040#map=17/-15.82566/35.20040) ATM NBS Bank · Bangwe Mthandizi Ward 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.81726&mlon=35.06112#map=17/-15.81726/35.06112) Petrol pump TotalEnergies Chiradzulu Service Station · TA Mpama 3.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.70905&mlon=35.17758#map=17/-15.70905/35.17758) Hotel Zomba road country lodge · TA Mpama 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.63967&mlon=35.15452#map=17/-15.63967/35.15452) Mall Malida Shopping Centre · Limbe Central Ward 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.80307&mlon=35.07424#map=17/-15.80307/35.07424) School Chiradzulo Secondary school · TA Mpama 6.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.73969&mlon=35.13219#map=17/-15.73969/35.13219) College St Joseph's College of Nursing, · TA Likoswe 7.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.80465&mlon=35.16728#map=17/-15.80465/35.16728) Police station PIM Police Office · STA Onga 2.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.75779&mlon=35.19086#map=17/-15.75779/35.19086) 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 STA Onga Places mapped inside STA Onga in open map data, by type. - 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 Chiradzulu District - Chiradzulu Boma - STA Mpunga - STA Sandareki - TA Chitera - TA Kadewere - TA Likoswe - TA Mpama - TA Nchema - TA Nkalo ## Quick answers - Where is STA Onga?In Chiradzulu District, Southern Region, Malawi - What borders STA Onga?TA Kadewere, TA Likoswe and TA Mpama - How many villages are in STA Onga?12 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the highest point in STA Onga?Maune Hill (987 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit STA Onga?April to October - Where is the nearest hospital to STA Onga?Chiradzulu District Hospital, about 3.6 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to STA Onga?banks, about 9.8 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to STA Onga?NBS Bank, about 16 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to STA Onga?TotalEnergies Chiradzulu Service Station, about 3.6 km from the centre - What is the P-code of STA Onga?MW30409 (OCHA common operational dataset)