Luyengo is a town in western
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 ...
(formerly Swaziland). It is located 35 kilometres south of the capital,
Mbabane
Mbabane () is the most populous city in Eswatini (previously called Swaziland), and is one of the two Capital (political), capitals (along with Lobamba), serving as the Executive (government), executive capital.
It has an estimated population of ...
, on the MR18 highway, at the junction of the road south to
Mankayane and
Mgazini.
In 1881 the Usuthu Mission school was opened in Luyengo.
Luyengo was the site of the Swaziland Agricultural College, which became the Swaziland Agricultural College and University Centre (SACUC) and was incorporated into the
University of Eswatini. The Main campus for the University in Eswatini was then built at Kwaluseni, and all departments except agriculture then moved to that campus.
Of note at SACUC was the Cardiff Hall donated by the citizens of Cardiff (Wales) as part of their contribution to Freedom From Hunger Year. The tinkabi tractor was developed at SACUC by the then head of agricultural engineering Alan Catterick who left the University to successfully develop the tractor commercially.
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Populated places in Eswatini
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