# Liwonde National Park Traditional authority, Machinga District

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/liwonde-national-park/

Traditional authority · Machinga District 

# Liwonde National Park

Liwonde National Park is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Machinga District, Southern Region. It covers **395.2 km²**. 7 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 395km²
- 2mapped services
- 483 mtypical elevation

## Where is Liwonde National Park?

Liwonde National Park lies in [Machinga District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/), [Southern Region](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/), [Malawi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/). It borders 5 other traditional authorities: [Liwonde Town](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/liwonde-town/), [STA Chiunda](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mangochi/sta-chiunda/), [STA Nsanama](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/sta-nsanama/), [TA Chowe](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mangochi/ta-chowe/) and [TA Liwonde](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/ta-liwonde/). By area it is the 71st largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 13.6% of [Machinga District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/). The centre of Liwonde National Park is about 196 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. It is about 33 km from Machinga, the main town of Machinga District. The centre point is at -14.8778° N, 35.3461° 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 Liwonde National Park

Open gazetteers list **7 villages, towns and localities** in Liwonde National Park. Settlements here lie between about 477 m and 494 m above sea level (median 483 m).

- Chikuluma
- Chipanda
- Chithumba
- Chiwambo
- Kuntewa
- Mitenyende
- Zilale

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 Liwonde National Park

Named natural and historic features inside Liwonde National Park, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

6 rivers and streams.

- Bilila
- Kalambasuta Stream
- Kambewe Stream
- Likwenu River
- Namiyala Stream
- Shire River Source

### Hills and mountains

2 mountains.

- Chiunguni · 866 m
- Nafiulu Hill · 567 m

### Getting around

1 airport; 1 airfield.

- Chinguni
- Liwonde Mvuu Camp Airport

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 National Park and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Machinga District, the warmest month is Nov (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jul (20 °C), after allowing for this place being about 179 m lower than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 1,099 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (330 mm) and the driest Sep (5 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **April to September**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
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Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 26 330 

Feb 25 216 

Mar 25 165 

Apr 24 45 

May 22 10 

Jun 21 6 

Jul 20 11 

Aug 23 7 

Sep 26 5 

Oct 28 15 

Nov 29 71 

Dec 27 220 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Liwonde National Park

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Namandanje Mission Hospital · TA Liwonde 18 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.88950&mlon=35.51308#map=17/-14.88950/35.51308) 

Bank FDH Bank Liwonde · Liwonde Town 25 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.06949&mlon=35.22826#map=17/-15.06949/35.22826) 

Petrol pump Puma · Liwonde Town 25 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.06615&mlon=35.22375#map=17/-15.06615/35.22375) 

Hotel Bushman's Baobabs Lodge in Liwonde National Park · Liwonde Town 20 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.02459&mlon=35.23747#map=17/-15.02459/35.23747) 

Mall chapola trading centre · TA Chimwala 23 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.73257&mlon=35.19734#map=17/-14.73257/35.19734) 

School Chimesya School · STA Chiunda 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.76256&mlon=35.38516#map=17/-14.76256/35.38516) 

College Teachers Training Centre · TA Sitola 31 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.13423&mlon=35.24177#map=17/-15.13423/35.24177) 

Police station Game Scout - Liwonde National Park Gate · Liwonde National Park 20 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.03848&mlon=35.25417#map=17/-15.03848/35.25417) 

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 National Park

Places mapped inside Liwonde National Park in open map data, by type.

- Police stations2

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 Machinga District

- Liwonde Town
- Machinga Boma
- STA Chesale
- STA Nchinguza
- STA Nsanama
- TA Chamba
- TA Chikweo
- TA Chiwalo
- TA Kapoloma
- TA Kawinga
- TA Liwonde
- TA Mlomba
- TA Mposa
- TA Ngokwe
- TA Nkoola
- TA Nkula
- TA Nyambi
- TA Sitola

## Quick answers

- Where is Liwonde National Park?In Machinga District, Southern Region, Malawi
- What borders Liwonde National Park?Liwonde Town, STA Chiunda, STA Nsanama, TA Chowe and TA Liwonde
- How many villages are in Liwonde National Park?7 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Liwonde National Park?Settlements lie between 477 m and 494 m
- What is the highest point in Liwonde National Park?Chiunguni (866 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Liwonde National Park?April to September
- Where is the nearest hospital to Liwonde National Park?Namandanje Mission Hospital, about 18 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Liwonde National Park?FDH Bank Liwonde, about 25 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Liwonde National Park?Puma, about 25 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Liwonde National Park?MW30217 (OCHA common operational dataset)