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Shiselweni District in Southern Swaziland

The Shiselweni District is the southern part of Swaziland and has a great variety of landscapes. It has the Highveld, with mountains and the town of Hlatikulu at an altitude of 1210 metres above sea level. Also referred to as "kaHlatsi" (in the forest), Hlatikulu (meaning "large forest) is the highest town of the country and in the centre of the district. The "Grand Valley Road" goes downhill to the south, towards Nhlangano.

The Mkondo or Assegai river flows through the district and squeezes itself through a beautiful gorge at Mahamba, right at the border with South Africa. Nearby is the town of Nhlangano, in colonial times known by its Afrikaner (Dutch) name of Goedgegun, a thriving little place with a good vegetable market and a boarding school, Evelyn Baring High School. Further south, in the Lowveld, the road skirts the South African border and goes past Hluti towards Lavumisa through a landscape with small farms.

	Mahamba Gorge	Nhlangano	Nhlangano market	Selling vegetables
	Grand Valley Road	Hlatikulu	Shield manufacture	Near Ebenezer
	Lowveld near Hluti	Swazi homestead	Traditional huts	Southern Shiselweni

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