# TA Kapichi Traditional authority, Thyolo District – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/thyolo/ta-kapichi/ Traditional authority · Thyolo District # TA Kapichi TA Kapichi is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Thyolo District, Southern Region. It covers **133.9 km²**. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 134km² - 1mapped services - 721 mtypical elevation ## Where is TA Kapichi? TA Kapichi lies in [Thyolo District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/thyolo/), [Southern Region](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/), [Malawi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/). It borders 7 other traditional authorities: [STA Mbawela](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/thyolo/sta-mbawela/), [STA Tombondiya](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mulanje/sta-tombondiya/), [TA Changata](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/thyolo/ta-changata/), [TA Chikumbu](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mulanje/ta-chikumbu/), [TA Nanseta](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/thyolo/ta-nanseta/), [TA Nchilamwela](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/thyolo/ta-nchilamwela/) and [TA Nthiramanja](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/mulanje/ta-nthiramanja/). By area it is the 202nd largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 8.0% of [Thyolo District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/thyolo/). The centre of TA Kapichi is about 288 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. It is about 16 km from Thyolo, the main town of Thyolo District. The centre point is at -16.1187° N, 35.2787° 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 Kapichi Open gazetteers list **2 villages, towns and localities** in TA Kapichi. - Khonjeni - Kochiwe 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 Kapichi Named natural and historic features inside TA Kapichi, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 2 rivers and streams. - Khonjeni - Kwakwazi River ### Getting around 1 railway station. - Khonjeni Station 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 Kapichi and the best time to visit Using the climate of Thyolo District, the warmest month is Nov (average 28 °C) and the coolest is Jul (19 °C). About 1,176 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (309 mm) and the driest Aug (8 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **April to October**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 25 309 Feb 24 223 Mar 24 171 Apr 22 52 May 21 20 Jun 20 19 Jul 19 33 Aug 22 8 Sep 25 10 Oct 28 16 Nov 28 84 Dec 26 230 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from TA Kapichi Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Khonjeni Health Centre · TA Kapichi 2.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.09658&mlon=35.27150#map=17/-16.09658/35.27150) Bank Standard Bank · Luchenza Town 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.01616&mlon=35.29986#map=17/-16.01616/35.29986) Petrol pump Petroda · Luchenza Town 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.00587&mlon=35.31145#map=17/-16.00587/35.31145) Hotel The Thyolo House · TA Nchilamwela 21 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.02968&mlon=35.10425#map=17/-16.02968/35.10425) School Thyolo Secondary school · TA Ngolongoliwa 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.00741&mlon=35.22516#map=17/-16.00741/35.22516) College Mitengo Technical College-MITEC · Thyolo Boma 17 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.06670&mlon=35.13330#map=17/-16.06670/35.13330) Police station Mulanje Police · Mulanje Boma 26 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 Kapichi Places mapped inside TA Kapichi in open map data, by type. - Hospitals1 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 Thyolo District - Luchenza Town - STA Boyidi - STA Mbawela - STA Thukuta - TA Bvumbwe - TA Changata - TA Chimaliro - TA Kwethemule - TA Mphuka - TA Nanseta - TA Nchilamwela - TA Ngolongoliwa - TA Nsabwe - TA Thomas - Thyolo Boma ## Quick answers - Where is TA Kapichi?In Thyolo District, Southern Region, Malawi - What borders TA Kapichi?STA Mbawela, STA Tombondiya, TA Changata, TA Chikumbu, TA Nanseta, TA Nchilamwela and TA Nthiramanja - How many villages are in TA Kapichi?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit TA Kapichi?April to October - Where is the nearest hospital to TA Kapichi?Khonjeni Health Centre, about 2.6 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to TA Kapichi?Standard Bank, about 12 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to TA Kapichi?Petroda, about 13 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in TA Kapichi?1 mapped - What is the P-code of TA Kapichi?MW30707 (OCHA common operational dataset)