# TA Chiwalo Traditional authority, Machinga District – Villages

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/ta-chiwalo/

Traditional authority · Machinga District 

# TA Chiwalo

TA Chiwalo is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Machinga District, Southern Region. It covers **40.1 km²**. 4 named villages and localities are recorded here.

- 40.1km²
- 826 mtypical elevation

## Where is TA Chiwalo?

TA Chiwalo 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: [STA Chiunda](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mangochi/sta-chiunda/), [TA Kapoloma](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/ta-kapoloma/), [TA Kawinga](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/ta-kawinga/), [TA Liwonde](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/ta-liwonde/), [TA Mbwana Nyambi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mangochi/ta-mbwana-nyambi/) and [TA Nkoola](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/ta-nkoola/). By area it is the 283rd largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 1.4% of [Machinga District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/). The centre of TA Chiwalo is about 207 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. It is about 51 km from Machinga, the main town of Machinga District. The centre point is at -14.7623° N, 35.5289° 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 Chiwalo

Open gazetteers list **4 villages, towns and localities** in TA Chiwalo. Settlements here lie between about 773 m and 847 m above sea level (median 826 m).

- Chiwalo
- Nyanje
- Sonje
- Thomo

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 Chiwalo

Named natural and historic features inside TA Chiwalo, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

1 river or stream.

- Namaocha Stream

### Hills and mountains

2 mountains; 1 hill.

- Sonje Hill · 975 m
- Mangombo Hill · 800 m
- Nsakuru Hill · 792 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 TA Chiwalo and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Machinga District, the warmest month is Nov (average 27 °C) and the coolest is Jul (18 °C), after allowing for this place being about 164 m higher 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 November**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
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- May
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Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 23 330 

Feb 23 216 

Mar 23 165 

Apr 21 45 

May 20 10 

Jun 18 6 

Jul 18 11 

Aug 20 7 

Sep 23 5 

Oct 26 15 

Nov 27 71 

Dec 25 220 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from TA Chiwalo

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Ntaja Health Centre · TA Kawinga 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.86825&mlon=35.52942#map=17/-14.86825/35.52942) 

School Lilimbe School · STA Chiunda 4.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.76273&mlon=35.49094#map=17/-14.76273/35.49094) 

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
- STA Nsanama
- TA Chamba
- TA Chikweo
- TA Kapoloma
- TA Kawinga
- TA Liwonde
- TA Mlomba
- TA Mposa
- TA Ngokwe
- TA Nkoola
- TA Nkula
- TA Nyambi
- TA Sitola

## Quick answers

- Where is TA Chiwalo?In Machinga District, Southern Region, Malawi
- What borders TA Chiwalo?STA Chiunda, TA Kapoloma, TA Kawinga, TA Liwonde, TA Mbwana Nyambi and TA Nkoola
- How many villages are in TA Chiwalo?4 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of TA Chiwalo?Settlements lie between 773 m and 847 m
- What is the highest point in TA Chiwalo?Sonje Hill (975 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit TA Chiwalo?April to November
- Where is the nearest hospital to TA Chiwalo?Ntaja Health Centre, about 12 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of TA Chiwalo?MW30213 (OCHA common operational dataset)