Simunye is a

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on the

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in eastern

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. Almost all of the residents of the town work for the Royal Eswatini Sugar Corporation's sugar mill located nearby. The town is located about south of the border crossing to

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(the border crossing is known as Bordergate on the Eswatini side and Mananga on the South African side) and about from the border crossing to Mozambique (known as Lomahashaon the Eswatini side and Namaacha on the Mozambique side). It lies slightly west of the

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, about north-east of

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 ...

. The town is geographically only about north-west of Mhlumeni on the eastern border, but because of the mountain range it is probably faster by road detouring southwards through

Sport

The town is home to the Royal Leopards F.C. RSSC United FC is a football club that was the result of the merger between Mhlume United and Simunye FC.

Schools

The town which is an RESC Estate town, has a number of schools and pre-schools. Thembelisha Preparatory School is the only private Primary school. There are two Government-aided primary schools, Ngomane primary school and Lusoti Primary school. Likewise, there are two High Schools, Ngomane High School and Lusoti High School. The Lusoti schools are right within the village, whilst the Ngomane schools are away.

References

Populated places in Eswatini Company towns Sugar production {{Eswatini-geo-stub