# Chambo Ward Traditional authority, Zomba City, Southern Region > Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/zomba-city/chambo-ward/ Traditional authority · Zomba City # Chambo Ward Chambo Ward is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Zomba City, Southern Region. It covers **1.70 km²**. Open map data shows 9 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 1.7km² - 9mapped services ## Where is Chambo Ward? Chambo Ward lies in [Zomba City](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/zomba-city/), [Southern Region](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/), [Malawi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/). It borders 4 other traditional authorities: [Mbedza Ward](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/zomba-city/mbedza-ward/), [Mtiya Ward](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/zomba-city/mtiya-ward/), [Sadzi Ward](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/zomba-city/sadzi-ward/) and [Zomba Central Ward](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/zomba-city/zomba-central-ward/). By area it is the 409th largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 4.1% of [Zomba City](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/southern/zomba-city/). The centre of Chambo Ward is about 229 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. It is about 1.2 km from Zomba, the main town of Zomba City. The centre point is at -15.3970° N, 35.3178° 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). ## Landscape and landmarks of Chambo Ward Named natural and historic features inside Chambo Ward, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 river or stream. - Bwaila 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 Chambo Ward and the best time to visit Using the climate of Zomba City, the warmest month is Nov (average 27 °C) and the coolest is Jul (18 °C). About 1,245 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (343 mm) and the driest Aug (8 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 24 343 Feb 24 227 Mar 23 189 Apr 22 60 May 20 18 Jun 19 16 Jul 18 28 Aug 20 8 Sep 24 8 Oct 27 17 Nov 27 94 Dec 25 238 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Chambo Ward Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Zomba Central Hospital · Chambo Ward 0.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.39970&mlon=35.31383#map=17/-15.39970/35.31383) Bank Colden Forex Bureau · Zomba Central Ward 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.38710&mlon=35.31561#map=17/-15.38710/35.31561) Petrol pump TotalEnergies Zomba City Service Station · Chambo Ward 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.38830&mlon=35.31291#map=17/-15.38830/35.31291) Hotel Ndendyera Lodge · Zomba Central Ward 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.38902&mlon=35.31896#map=17/-15.38902/35.31896) School St Peters Major Seminary · Chambo Ward 0.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.39985&mlon=35.31904#map=17/-15.39985/35.31904) College Zomba Vocational Training Centre - ZVTC · Chambo Ward 0.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.39304&mlon=35.31292#map=17/-15.39304/35.31292) Police station Malaŵi Police College · Zomba Central Ward 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-15.39064&mlon=35.32570#map=17/-15.39064/35.32570) 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 Chambo Ward Places mapped inside Chambo Ward in open map data, by type. - Hospitals2 - Petrol pumps1 - Schools2 - Colleges and universities3 - Restaurants1 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 Zomba City - Chinamwali Ward - Chirunga Ward - Likangala Ward - Masongola Ward - Mbedza Ward - Mpira Ward - Mtiya Ward - Sadzi Ward - Zomba Central Ward ## Quick answers - Where is Chambo Ward?In Zomba City, Southern Region, Malawi - What borders Chambo Ward?Mbedza Ward, Mtiya Ward, Sadzi Ward and Zomba Central Ward - What is the best time to visit Chambo Ward?April to November - Where is the nearest hospital to Chambo Ward?Zomba Central Hospital, about 0.5 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Chambo Ward?Colden Forex Bureau, about 1.1 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Chambo Ward?TotalEnergies Zomba City Service Station, about 1.1 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in Chambo Ward?2 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in Chambo Ward?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Chambo Ward?MW31439 (OCHA common operational dataset)