# TA Ngolongoliwa Traditional authority, Thyolo District > Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/thyolo/ta-ngolongoliwa/ Traditional authority · Thyolo District # TA Ngolongoliwa TA Ngolongoliwa is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Thyolo District, Southern Region. It covers **77.9 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 77.9km² - 1mapped services - 805 mtypical elevation ## Where is TA Ngolongoliwa? TA Ngolongoliwa lies in [Thyolo District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/thyolo/), [Southern Region](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/), [Malawi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/). It borders 5 other traditional authorities: [STA Boyidi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/thyolo/sta-boyidi/), [TA Chimaliro](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/thyolo/ta-chimaliro/), [TA Nanseta](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/thyolo/ta-nanseta/), [TA Nchilamwela](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/thyolo/ta-nchilamwela/) and [TA Nkalo](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/chiradzulu/ta-nkalo/). By area it is the 250th largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 4.7% of [Thyolo District](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/thyolo/). The centre of TA Ngolongoliwa is about 271 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. It is about 9.8 km from Thyolo, the main town of Thyolo District. The centre point is at -15.9919° N, 35.1877° 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 Ngolongoliwa Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in TA Ngolongoliwa. - Bonongwe 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 Ngolongoliwa Named natural and historic features inside TA Ngolongoliwa, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 4 rivers and streams. - Chimwabvi - Makande - Nanchimba - Nchefu River ### Estates 4 estates. - Chiwale - Mikombe - Nasonia - Sanjika ### Getting around 1 railway station. - Makande Railway 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 Ngolongoliwa 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 Ngolongoliwa Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Chimaliro Health Centre · TA Chimaliro 1.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.97721&mlon=35.18144#map=17/-15.97721/35.18144) Bank Standard Bank · Luchenza Town 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.01616&mlon=35.29986#map=17/-16.01616/35.29986) ATM NBS Bank · Bangwe Mthandizi Ward 24 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.81726&mlon=35.06112#map=17/-15.81726/35.06112) Petrol pump TotalEnergies · Thyolo Boma 9.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.06580&mlon=35.14820#map=17/-16.06580/35.14820) Hotel The Thyolo House · TA Nchilamwela 9.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.02968&mlon=35.10425#map=17/-16.02968/35.10425) Mall Malida Shopping Centre · Limbe Central Ward 24 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.80307&mlon=35.07424#map=17/-15.80307/35.07424) School Thyolo Secondary school · TA Ngolongoliwa 4.4 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 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-16.06670&mlon=35.13330#map=17/-16.06670/35.13330) Police station Save the Children · Misesa Ward 24 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.81990&mlon=35.05965#map=17/-15.81990/35.05965) 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 Ngolongoliwa Places mapped inside TA Ngolongoliwa in open map data, by type. - 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 Thyolo District - Luchenza Town - STA Boyidi - STA Mbawela - STA Thukuta - TA Bvumbwe - TA Changata - TA Chimaliro - TA Kapichi - TA Kwethemule - TA Mphuka - TA Nanseta - TA Nchilamwela - TA Nsabwe - TA Thomas - Thyolo Boma ## Quick answers - Where is TA Ngolongoliwa?In Thyolo District, Southern Region, Malawi - What borders TA Ngolongoliwa?STA Boyidi, TA Chimaliro, TA Nanseta, TA Nchilamwela and TA Nkalo - How many villages are in TA Ngolongoliwa?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit TA Ngolongoliwa?April to October - Where is the nearest hospital to TA Ngolongoliwa?Chimaliro Health Centre, about 1.8 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to TA Ngolongoliwa?Standard Bank, about 12 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to TA Ngolongoliwa?NBS Bank, about 24 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to TA Ngolongoliwa?TotalEnergies, about 9.2 km from the centre - What is the P-code of TA Ngolongoliwa?MW30713 (OCHA common operational dataset)