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Manzini

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Manzini (formerly Bremersdorp) is a large city in Eswatini, which is also the city of Eswatini's Manzini Region. The city is the country's second largest urban center behind the capital Mbabane, with a population of 110,000 (2008). It is known as "The Hub" of Eswatini and lies on the MR3 road. Eswatini's primary industrial site at Matsapha lies near the town's western border.

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Place details

Locality
Manzini
Region
Manzini
Country
Eswatini
Population
110,537
Timezone
Africa/Mbabane

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Manzini
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_skyline
SZ-manzini-zufahrt.jpg
Settlement.image_alt
Road of Manzini
Settlement.pushpin_map
Eswatini
Settlement.mapsize
300px
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Manzini in Eswatini
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Manzini Region
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Wesley Dlamini
Settlement.population_as_of
2008
Settlement.population_total
78,000

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Wikidata facts

Population
110508
Elevation
686
Image
Ex Tum's George Hotel Manzini Swaziland.jpg
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Commons category
Manzini, Eswatini
inception
1885-00-00
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Travel guide

Get around

One can get around Manzini by bus, kombi (local, 15-passenger minibuses) or taxi. Downtown Manzini is very small and one can walk form one end to the next in 15 minutes. Getting to the residential areas such as Fairview or Ngwane Park is trickier. There are kombis that service these areas but the availability of public transport depends on how rich the neighbourhood is. The richer suburbs have no use for public transport so it is unlikely that one would find a kombi from the city centre to such areas, in which case it is advisable to take a metered taxi (cab).

It is relatively cheap to travel around the city. The minibus taxis have no fair meters and they use fixed prices, so ask the driver before you get a ride how much it will cost, to avoid being swindled.

Do

Attend a trade or agricultural show if one is in town.

Buy

The Manzini Market and Mall are good places if you have a need to shop.

Eat

In the center of Manzini, there are a variety of options, including Chinese and Indian ones.

Sleep

Most of the better stays are up towards Ezulwini Valley where the Mantenga Nature Reserve and Cultural Village and other big attractions are, heading towards Mbabane.

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Hlane Royal National Park Lobamba

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Article

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Transworld Radio Swaziland
  • Climate
  • Town twinning
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

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==Geography== Residential areas radiate outward from the Central Business District. At the western terminus of the city on the highway to Mbabane is KaKhoza Township, a poor neighborhood with the appearance of an informal settlement. North of downtown beyond the Mavuso International Trade Fair (opened 2004) along a bypass road (opened 1994, rebuilt 2004 for the opening of the Mavuso Trade Fair) is Helemesi Estates. Here middle-class dwellings were erected in the early 1990s on the former farm of Sydney Williams, the long-serving Resident Commissioner during British rule. Helemesi is the SiSwati corruption of the name Williams. The housing development is surrounded by Fairview Township, developed in 1964 during the twilight of colonial rule as Eswatini's first integrated residential neighborhood. The 19th-century law, reaffirmed by ordinances in the 1920s, forbade Swazis from residing or owning businesses in Bremserdorp. Until the 1960s Swazi business proprietors used Europeans as fronts in order to operate "Native Eating Houses" and other establishments.

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