# TA Laston Njema Traditional authority, Mulanje District > Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mulanje/ta-laston-njema/ Traditional authority · Mulanje District # TA Laston Njema TA Laston Njema is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Mulanje District, Southern Region. It covers **140.4 km²**. 20 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 22 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 140km² - 22mapped services - 664 mtypical elevation ## Where is TA Laston Njema? TA Laston Njema lies in [Mulanje District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mulanje/), [Southern Region](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/), [Malawi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/). It borders 3 other traditional authorities: [Mulanje Mountain Reserve](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mulanje/mulanje-mountain-reserve/), [STA Sunganinzeru](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mulanje/sta-sunganinzeru/) and [TA Nkhulambe](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/phalombe/ta-nkhulambe/). By area it is the 198th largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 7.0% of [Mulanje District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mulanje/). The centre of TA Laston Njema is about 306 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. It is about 20 km from Mulanje, the main town of Mulanje District. The centre point is at -16.0161° N, 35.6890° 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 Laston Njema Open gazetteers list **20 villages, towns and localities** in TA Laston Njema. - Bodole - Kalongonda (A) - Katarima - Limbuli Trading Center - Lupha - Mafukeni - Makuluni (A) - Makuluni (B) - Makuluni (D) - Malunda (A) - Malunda (B) - Malunda (D) - Malunda (E) - Msikita - Mwakhiwa - Ntikhe (B) - Ntikhe 1 - Ntikhe 2 - Pangani - Thornwood 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 Laston Njema Named natural and historic features inside TA Laston Njema, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 river or stream. - Namighimba ### Hills and mountains 1 mountain. - Manene Hill · 757 m ### Getting around 1 airfield. - Mimosa 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 Laston Njema 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 Laston Njema Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Namasalima health centre · TA Laston Njema 7.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.08029&mlon=35.71549#map=17/-16.08029/35.71549) Bank National Bank Mulanje · Mulanje Boma 20 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.02534&mlon=35.50391#map=17/-16.02534/35.50391) Petrol pump TotalEnergies Muloza Service Station · TA Laston Njema 6.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.07467&mlon=35.70991#map=17/-16.07467/35.70991) Hotel Lujeri Lodge · STA Sunganinzeru 4.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.03349&mlon=35.65596#map=17/-16.03349/35.65596) School Songwe FP School · TA Laston Njema 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.03357&mlon=35.68681#map=17/-16.03357/35.68681) College Mulanje Mission College Of Nursing & Midwifery · Mulanje Boma 19 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.02688&mlon=35.50730#map=17/-16.02688/35.50730) Police station Muloza police station · TA Laston Njema 8.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.07889&mlon=35.73516#map=17/-16.07889/35.73516) 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 Laston Njema Places mapped inside TA Laston Njema in open map data, by type. - Hospitals1 - Petrol pumps4 - Hotels1 - Schools15 - Police stations1 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 Chikumbu - TA Juma - TA Mabuka - TA Nkanda - TA Nthiramanja ## Quick answers - Where is TA Laston Njema?In Mulanje District, Southern Region, Malawi - What borders TA Laston Njema?Mulanje Mountain Reserve, STA Sunganinzeru and TA Nkhulambe - How many villages are in TA Laston Njema?20 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the highest point in TA Laston Njema?Manene Hill (757 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit TA Laston Njema?April to November - Where is the nearest hospital to TA Laston Njema?Namasalima health centre, about 7.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to TA Laston Njema?National Bank Mulanje, about 20 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to TA Laston Njema?TotalEnergies Muloza Service Station, about 6.9 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in TA Laston Njema?1 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in TA Laston Njema?4 mapped - What is the P-code of TA Laston Njema?MW30802 (OCHA common operational dataset)