Shiselweni Region

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Shiselweni Region
Map of Eswatini showing Shiselweni district
Coordinates: 27°00′S 31°40′E / 27.000°S 31.667°E / -27.000; 31.667
Country	Eswatini
Capital	Nhlangano
Government
• Regional Administrator	Mr Paul S Dlamini
• Regional Secretary	Mr Mshiyeni Dlamini
Area
• Total	3,786.71 km2 (1,462.06 sq mi)
Population  (2017 census)
• Total	204,111[1]
Time zone	UTC+2
HDI (2017)	0.550[2] medium

Shiselweni is a region of Eswatini, located in the south of the country. It has an area of 3,786.71 km² and a population of 204,111 (2017). Its administrative center is Nhlangano. It borders Lubombo in the northeast and Manzini Region in the northwest.

Administrative divisions[]

Shiselweni is subdivided to 14 tinkhundla (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:

• Gege
  • Imiphakatsi: , , , , , , Mgazini, , ,
• Hosea
  • Imiphakatsi: , /, , , ,
• Kubuta
  • Imiphakatsi: , , , ,
• Maseyisini
  • Imiphakatsi: , , ,
• Matsanjeni South
  • Imiphakatsi: /, , Ekuphumleni,
• Mtsambama
  • Imiphakatsi: , , ,
• Ngudzeni
  • Imiphakatsi: , , , ,
• Nkwene
  • Imiphakatsi: , Hlobane, , , ,
• Sandleni
  • Imiphakatsi: , , , , , , , , ,
• Shiselweni I
  • Imiphakatsi: , , ,
• Shiselweni II
  • Imiphakatsi: , , , Mbabala, , ,
• Sigwe
  • Imiphakatsi: Empini, , ,
• Somntongo
  • Imiphakatsi: , , , , ,
• Zombodze
  • Imiphakatsi: , , ,

Religion[]

Baitul Hadi mosque, Hlatikulu.

Christianity and Islam are main religions in the region.

References[]

Coordinates: 27°00′S 31°40′E / 27.000°S 31.667°E / -27.000; 31.667

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