Lubombo is a

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

Eswatini Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on all sides except the northeast, where i ...

, located in the east of the country. It has an area of 5,849.11 km² and a population of 212,531 (2017). Its administrative center is

Siteki Siteki is a town in eastern Eswatini, lying west of the Lebombo Mountains The Lebombo Mountains, also called Lubombo Mountains, Rivombo Mountains (), are an , narrow range of mountains in Southern Africa. They stretch from Hluhluwe in KwaZulu ...

. It borders all three other regions:

Hhohho Hhohho is a region of Eswatini, located in the north western part of the country. Hhohho was named after the capital of King Mswati II, who expanded the Swazi territory to the north and west, taking in the districts of Barberton, Nelspruit, Ca ...

to the north, Manzini to the west, and Shiselweni to the south. It is divided into 11

tinkhundla In Eswatini, an inkhundla (; plural: tinkhundla) is an administrative subdivision smaller than a district but larger than an umphakatsi (or "chiefdom"). There are 55 tinkhundla in Eswatini: 14 in Hhohho District, 11 in Lubombo District, 16 in ...

Geography

Geographically, the region is dominated almost entirely by the

Lubombo Mountains The Lebombo Mountains, also called Lubombo Mountains, Rivombo Mountains (), are an , narrow range of mountains in Southern Africa. They stretch from Hluhluwe in KwaZulu-Natal in the south to Punda Maria in the Limpopo Province in South Africa in ...

. The Lubombo District is the easternmost of the four regions of Eswatini. Its capital is Siteki.

Administrative divisions

Lubombo is subdivided to 11

(or constituencies). These are local administration centres, and also parliamentary constituencies. Each inkhundla is headed by an ''indvuna yenkhundla'' or governor with the help of ''bucopho''. The tinkhundla are further divided into imiphakatsi (or chiefdoms). The present tinkhundla are: * Dvokodvweni ** Imiphakatsi: Enjabulweni, Etjedze, Malindza, Mampempeni, Mdumezulu, Mhlangatane, Sigcaweni * Hlane ** Imiphakatsi: Hlane, Khuphuka, Ntandweni, Sikhuphe * Lomahasha ** Imiphakatsi: Lomahasha, Mafucula, Shewula, Tsambokhulu * Lubuli (Somntongo) ** Imiphakatsi: Canerbury, Kavuma, Mabantaneni, Nkhanini, Sifuntaneni * Lugongolweni ** Imiphakatsi: Langa, Makhewu, Mlindazwe, Sitsatsaweni * Matsanjeni North ** Imiphakatsi: Lukhetseni, Mambane, Maphungwane, Tikhuba *

Mhlume Mhlume is a town located in the Lubombo district of Eswatini. Mhlume has a population in excess of 20,000. It is well known for its large sugar cane fields in the area. It also has a sugar refinery A sugar refinery is a refinery which ...

** Imiphakatsi:

, Simunye, Tabankulu, Tshaneni, Vuvulane * Mpholonjeni ** Imiphakatsi: Kashoba, Ndzangu, Ngcina * Nkilongo ** Imiphakatsi: Crooks, Gamula, Lunkufu, Mayaluka, Ngcampalala *

Siphofaneni Siphofaneni is a town in the Lubombo Region of central Eswatini (Swaziland), 45 kilometres from Manzini and 20 kilometres from Big Bend, a major sugarcane-producing town on the main highway leading to Durban. It has a tropical climate, very hot ...

** Imiphakatsi: Hlutse, Kamkhweli, Macetjeni, Madlenya, Maphilingo, Mphumakudze, Nceka, Ngevini, Tambuti * Sithobela ** Imiphakatsi: Luhlanyeni, Mamiza, Nkonjwa

References

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