# TA Sitola Traditional authority, Machinga District – Villages

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

Traditional authority · Machinga District 

# TA Sitola

TA Sitola is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Machinga District, Southern Region. It covers **206.1 km²**. 7 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 3 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 206km²
- 3mapped services

## Where is TA Sitola?

TA Sitola 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 Town](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/liwonde-town/), [Machinga Boma](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/machinga-boma/), [STA Nkapita](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/zomba/sta-nkapita/), [STA Nsanama](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/sta-nsanama/), [TA Chamba](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/ta-chamba/) and [TA Nkula](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/ta-nkula/). By area it is the 153rd largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 7.1% of [Machinga District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/machinga/). The centre of TA Sitola is about 207 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. It is about 4.0 km from Machinga, the main town of Machinga District. The centre point is at -15.1406° N, 35.2767° 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 Sitola

Open gazetteers list **7 villages, towns and localities** in TA Sitola.

- Makaluka
- Misikisi
- Mliwo
- Mpotola
- Mtalika
- Mtum
- Nkolokosa

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 Sitola

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

### Hills and mountains

2 mountains.

- Chinduzi Hill · 1,207 m
- Mberekezi Hill · 649 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 Sitola 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**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

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 TA Sitola

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Machinga District Hospital · Liwonde Town 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.06172&mlon=35.22605#map=17/-15.06172/35.22605) 

Bank Finca · Liwonde Town 9.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.07030&mlon=35.22852#map=17/-15.07030/35.22852) 

Petrol pump Petroda · Liwonde Town 9.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.07006&mlon=35.22720#map=17/-15.07006/35.22720) 

Hotel MILANZI RESTHOUSE · Liwonde Town 9.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.06829&mlon=35.22851#map=17/-15.06829/35.22851) 

School Chinguni primary school · TA Sitola 7.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.07109&mlon=35.26871#map=17/-15.07109/35.26871) 

College Teachers Training Centre · TA Sitola 3.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.13423&mlon=35.24177#map=17/-15.13423/35.24177) 

Police station Machinga Police Station · Machinga Boma 4.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.17674&mlon=35.29882#map=17/-15.17674/35.29882) 

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 TA Sitola

Places mapped inside TA Sitola in open map data, by type.

- Schools2
- Colleges and universities1

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
- 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

## Quick answers

- Where is TA Sitola?In Machinga District, Southern Region, Malawi
- What borders TA Sitola?Liwonde Town, Machinga Boma, STA Nkapita, STA Nsanama, TA Chamba and TA Nkula
- How many villages are in TA Sitola?7 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the highest point in TA Sitola?Chinduzi Hill (1,207 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit TA Sitola?April to November
- Where is the nearest hospital to TA Sitola?Machinga District Hospital, about 10 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to TA Sitola?Finca, about 9.4 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to TA Sitola?Petroda, about 9.5 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of TA Sitola?MW30203 (OCHA common operational dataset)