# STA Nsanama Traditional authority, Machinga District

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/sta-nsanama/

Traditional authority · Machinga District 

# STA Nsanama

STA Nsanama is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Machinga District, Southern Region. It covers **150.8 km²**. 3 named villages and localities are recorded here.

- 151km²
- 569 mtypical elevation

## Where is STA Nsanama?

STA Nsanama lies in [Machinga District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/), [Southern Region](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/), [Malawi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/). It borders 6 other traditional authorities: [Liwonde National Park](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/liwonde-national-park/), [Liwonde Town](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/liwonde-town/), [TA Chamba](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/ta-chamba/), [TA Liwonde](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/ta-liwonde/), [TA Mlomba](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/ta-mlomba/) and [TA Sitola](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/ta-sitola/). By area it is the 188th largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 5.2% of [Machinga District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/). The centre of STA Nsanama is about 212 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. It is about 19 km from Machinga, the main town of Machinga District. The centre point is at -15.0356° N, 35.4128° 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 Nsanama

Open gazetteers list **3 villages, towns and localities** in STA Nsanama.

- Chisuwi
- Lilomba
- Mbawa

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 Nsanama

Named natural and historic features inside STA Nsanama, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

1 river or stream.

- Madzianjuci Stream

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 Nsanama and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Machinga District, the warmest month is Nov (average 28 °C) and the coolest is Jul (19 °C). 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 November**.

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Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 24 330 

Feb 24 216 

Mar 24 165 

Apr 22 45 

May 21 10 

Jun 19 6 

Jul 19 11 

Aug 21 7 

Sep 25 5 

Oct 27 15 

Nov 28 71 

Dec 26 220 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from STA Nsanama

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Namandanje Mission Hospital · TA Liwonde 19 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.88950&mlon=35.51308#map=17/-14.88950/35.51308) 

Bank Finca · Liwonde Town 20 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.07030&mlon=35.22852#map=17/-15.07030/35.22852) 

Petrol pump Petroda · Liwonde Town 20 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.07006&mlon=35.22720#map=17/-15.07006/35.22720) 

Hotel Kutchire Lodge · Liwonde Town 18 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.02997&mlon=35.24376#map=17/-15.02997/35.24376) 

School Chinguni · TA Sitola 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.06492&mlon=35.31951#map=17/-15.06492/35.31951) 

College Teachers Training Centre · TA Sitola 21 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 17 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.

## Other traditional authorities in Machinga District

- Liwonde National Park
- Liwonde Town
- Machinga Boma
- STA Chesale
- STA Nchinguza
- 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 STA Nsanama?In Machinga District, Southern Region, Malawi
- What borders STA Nsanama?Liwonde National Park, Liwonde Town, TA Chamba, TA Liwonde, TA Mlomba and TA Sitola
- How many villages are in STA Nsanama?3 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit STA Nsanama?April to November
- Where is the nearest hospital to STA Nsanama?Namandanje Mission Hospital, about 19 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to STA Nsanama?Finca, about 20 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to STA Nsanama?Petroda, about 20 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of STA Nsanama?MW30202 (OCHA common operational dataset)