# TA Chikumbu Traditional authority, Mulanje District – Villages

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mulanje/ta-chikumbu/

Traditional authority · Mulanje District 

# TA Chikumbu

TA Chikumbu is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Mulanje District, Southern Region. It covers **147.3 km²**. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 147km²
- 2mapped services

## Where is TA Chikumbu?

TA Chikumbu lies in [Mulanje District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mulanje/), [Southern Region](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/), [Malawi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/). It borders 6 other traditional authorities: [Mulanje Boma](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mulanje/mulanje-boma/), [STA Tombondiya](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mulanje/sta-tombondiya/), [TA Kapichi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/thyolo/ta-kapichi/), [TA Mabuka](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mulanje/ta-mabuka/), [TA Nkanda](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mulanje/ta-nkanda/) and [TA Nthiramanja](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mulanje/ta-nthiramanja/). By area it is the 192nd largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 7.4% of [Mulanje District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mulanje/). The centre of TA Chikumbu is about 291 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. It is about 6.5 km from Mulanje, the main town of Mulanje District. The centre point is at -16.0395° N, 35.4402° 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 Chikumbu

Open gazetteers list **2 villages, towns and localities** in TA Chikumbu.

- Chisitu
- Naminingo

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 TA Chikumbu and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Mulanje District, the warmest month is Nov (average 25 °C) and the coolest is Jul (17 °C). About 1,358 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (353 mm) and the driest Sep (12 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 22 353 

Feb 22 232 

Mar 22 207 

Apr 20 76 

May 18 29 

Jun 17 27 

Jul 17 45 

Aug 19 12 

Sep 22 12 

Oct 25 19 

Nov 25 96 

Dec 24 249 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from TA Chikumbu

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Mulanje Mission Hospital · TA Chikumbu 3.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.02018&mlon=35.46534#map=17/-16.02018/35.46534) 

Bank National Bank Mulanje · Mulanje Boma 7.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.02534&mlon=35.50391#map=17/-16.02534/35.50391) 

Petrol pump Meru · Mulanje Boma 6.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.00930&mlon=35.48799#map=17/-16.00930/35.48799) 

Hotel Mulanje View Motel · Mulanje Boma 6.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.03330&mlon=35.50000#map=17/-16.03330/35.50000) 

School Mapareka Elementary School · TA Mabuka 3.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.06047&mlon=35.46078#map=17/-16.06047/35.46078) 

College Mulanje Mission College Of Nursing & Midwifery · Mulanje Boma 7.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.02688&mlon=35.50730#map=17/-16.02688/35.50730) 

Police station Mulanje Police · Mulanje Boma 6.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.02656&mlon=35.50372#map=17/-16.02656/35.50372) 

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 Chikumbu

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

- Hospitals1
- Schools1

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 Mulanje District

- Mulanje Boma
- Mulanje Mountain Reserve
- STA Sunganinzeru
- STA Tombondiya
- TA Juma
- TA Laston Njema
- TA Mabuka
- TA Nkanda
- TA Nthiramanja

## Quick answers

- Where is TA Chikumbu?In Mulanje District, Southern Region, Malawi
- What borders TA Chikumbu?Mulanje Boma, STA Tombondiya, TA Kapichi, TA Mabuka, TA Nkanda and TA Nthiramanja
- How many villages are in TA Chikumbu?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit TA Chikumbu?April to November
- Where is the nearest hospital to TA Chikumbu?Mulanje Mission Hospital, about 3.4 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to TA Chikumbu?National Bank Mulanje, about 7.0 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to TA Chikumbu?Meru, about 6.1 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in TA Chikumbu?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of TA Chikumbu?MW30803 (OCHA common operational dataset)