# Liwonde Town Traditional authority, Machinga District

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

Traditional authority · Machinga District 

# Liwonde Town

Liwonde Town is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Machinga District, Southern Region. It covers **28.3 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here, and 22 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 28.3km²
- 22mapped services
- 499 mtypical elevation

## Where is Liwonde Town?

Liwonde Town lies in [Machinga District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/), [Southern Region](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/), [Malawi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/). It borders 4 other traditional authorities: [Liwonde National Park](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/liwonde-national-park/), [Liwonde Town](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/balaka/liwonde-town/), [STA Nsanama](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/sta-nsanama/) and [TA Sitola](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/ta-sitola/). By area it is the 294th largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 1.0% of [Machinga District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/). The centre of Liwonde Town is about 198 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. It is about 14 km from Machinga, the main town of Machinga District. The centre point is at -15.0589° N, 35.2430° 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 Town

Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Liwonde Town. The largest with a recorded population: Liwonde (41,077).

- Liwonde

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 Liwonde Town 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 163 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
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 25 330 

Feb 25 216 

Mar 25 165 

Apr 24 45 

May 22 10 

Jun 21 6 

Jul 20 11 

Aug 22 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 Town

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Machinga District Hospital · Liwonde Town 1.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.06172&mlon=35.22605#map=17/-15.06172/35.22605) 

Bank FDH Bank Liwonde · Liwonde Town 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.06949&mlon=35.22826#map=17/-15.06949/35.22826) 

Petrol pump Petroda · Liwonde Town 2.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.07006&mlon=35.22720#map=17/-15.07006/35.22720) 

Hotel Mtimapansi Rest house · Liwonde Town 1.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.06607&mlon=35.23089#map=17/-15.06607/35.23089) 

Mall chapola trading centre · TA Chimwala 37 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.73257&mlon=35.19734#map=17/-14.73257/35.19734) 

School Chinguni primary school · TA Sitola 3.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.07109&mlon=35.26871#map=17/-15.07109/35.26871) 

College Teachers Training Centre · TA Sitola 8.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.13423&mlon=35.24177#map=17/-15.13423/35.24177) 

Police station Game Scout Camp · Liwonde National Park 2.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.04015&mlon=35.25659#map=17/-15.04015/35.25659) 

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 Town

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

- Hospitals2
- Banks3
- Petrol pumps2
- Hotels13
- Restaurants2

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 National Park
- 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 Town?In Machinga District, Southern Region, Malawi
- What borders Liwonde Town?Liwonde National Park, Liwonde Town, STA Nsanama and TA Sitola
- How many villages are in Liwonde Town?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit Liwonde Town?April to September
- Where is the nearest hospital to Liwonde Town?Machinga District Hospital, about 1.8 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Liwonde Town?FDH Bank Liwonde, about 2.0 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Liwonde Town?Petroda, about 2.1 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Liwonde Town?2 mapped
- How many banks are in Liwonde Town?3 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Liwonde Town?2 mapped
- What is the P-code of Liwonde Town?MW30221 (OCHA common operational dataset)