# STA Lulanga Traditional authority, Mangochi District

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mangochi/sta-lulanga/

Traditional authority · Mangochi District 

# STA Lulanga

STA Lulanga is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Mangochi District, Southern Region. It covers **296.2 km²**. 23 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 8 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 296km²
- 8mapped services
- 557 mtypical elevation

## Where is STA Lulanga?

STA Lulanga lies in [Mangochi District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mangochi/), [Southern Region](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/), [Malawi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/). It borders 1 other traditional authority: [TA Makanjila](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mangochi/ta-makanjila/). By area it is the 107th largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 4.6% of [Mangochi District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mangochi/). The centre of STA Lulanga is about 128 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. It is about 104 km from Mangochi, the main town of Mangochi District. The centre point is at -13.6091° N, 34.9121° 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 Lulanga

Open gazetteers list **23 villages, towns and localities** in STA Lulanga.

- Chiphole
- Chitedze
- Gome
- Ilembe
- Kayunga
- Liwewe
- Ltunde
- Lulanga
- Malopa
- Matola
- Mgenule
- Mirango
- Misolo 2
- Mitande
- Msinje
- Mtekete
- Mtsinje
- Nalungu
- Namitumbu
- Nanyundo
- Nkonde
- Nkukuta
- Ntondo

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 Lulanga

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

### Water

2 rivers and streams.

- Njesi River
- Pamba

### History

1 ruin.

- Fort Maguire Ruins

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 Lulanga and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Mangochi District, the warmest month is Nov (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jul (20 °C). About 1,086 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (325 mm) and the driest Jun (4 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **April to September**.

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

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 25 325 

Feb 24 217 

Mar 24 158 

Apr 23 45 

May 21 10 

Jun 20 4 

Jul 20 8 

Aug 22 6 

Sep 25 4 

Oct 28 15 

Nov 29 58 

Dec 26 235 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from STA Lulanga

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Petrol pump Puma · TA Maganga 35 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.73022&mlon=34.61431#map=17/-13.73022/34.61431) 

Hotel Sunbird Livingstonia Beach · TA Maganga 33 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.71808&mlon=34.62701#map=17/-13.71808/34.62701) 

School Mpamila School · STA Lulanga 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.62187&mlon=34.89945#map=17/-13.62187/34.89945) 

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 STA Lulanga

Places mapped inside STA Lulanga in open map data, by type.

- Schools8

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 Mangochi District

- Lake Malawi National Park
- Lake Malombe
- Mangochi Town
- Monkey Bay Urban
- STA Chiunda
- STA Ntonda
- TA Chilipa
- TA Chimwala
- TA Chowe
- TA Jalasi
- TA Katuli
- TA Makanjila
- TA Mbwana Nyambi
- TA Mponda
- TA Namabvi
- TA Nankumba

## Quick answers

- Where is STA Lulanga?In Mangochi District, Southern Region, Malawi
- What borders STA Lulanga?TA Makanjila
- How many villages are in STA Lulanga?23 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit STA Lulanga?April to September
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to STA Lulanga?Puma, about 35 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of STA Lulanga?MW30110 (OCHA common operational dataset)