Shiselweni is a district in Eswatini, it is located in the southwest of the state and borders the districts Manzini and Lubombo. The southern neighbors are south african Provinces KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.
Regions
The landscape of Shiselweni falls from west to east over a width of 80 km from the wooded Highveld to the agricultural areas of Middelveld and Lowveld.
places
The cities of the region are relatively small, all of the places listed here have only a few thousand inhabitants
- Nhlangano, capital of the district, founded around 1920 under the name Goedgegun.
- Hlatikhulu
- Sicunusa
- Gege
- Lavumisa
- Kubuta
Other goals
- Royal Jozini Big 6 at Lake Jozini near the border with South Africa, private farm with the Big 5 and the Tiger fish as number 6.
background
In the Lowveld in particular, there are still quite small villages that are home to traditional farms; their fields are usually only sufficient to produce the most necessary food for their own needs. (Subsistence farming). Few large farms can afford to irrigate their fields for good yields. In this case, the industrial production of sugar, sugar cane liquor (cane) and biofuel also play a role.
language
getting there
Border crossings from South Africa:
- From Golela to Lavumisia to the roads MR8 and MR11, open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- at Mahamba, MR9, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Onverwacht - Nsalitie, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Bothashoop - Gege, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Houtkop - Sicunusa, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
