Lavumisa
Sign in to saveLavumisa is a town located in the Shiselweni district of southern Eswatini. It was named after Queen LaVumisa Ndwandwe, a wife of King Sobhuza I.
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Place details
- Locality
- uPhongolo Local Municipality
- Region
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Country
- South Africa
- Population
- 2,000
- Timezone
- Africa/Mbabane
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Lavumisa
- Settlement.official_name
- Lavumisa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Eswatini
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Eswatini
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Shiselweni
- Settlement.established_title
- Named after
- Settlement.established_date
- late 1800s
- Settlement.named_for
- LaVumisa Ndwandwe
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Lavumisa is a town located in the Shiselweni district of southern Eswatini. It was named after Queen LaVumisa Ndwandwe, a wife of King Sobhuza I.
== History == The area around present-day Lavumisa forms part of the wider Maputaland-Lubombo region that was occupied during the early precolonial period by Nguni-speaking community of Embo origin. Sons of Langa, an early Embo-Nguni ruler, one called Dlamini I and the other Hlubi, lived together in the area of present-day Lavumisa.
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South Africa
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Eswatini
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International Standard Book Number
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Zulu Kingdom
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Shiselweni Region
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Nguni
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Matsapha Airport
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namesake
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Mpande kaSenzangakhona
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King Mswati III International Airport
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Mswati II
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Aero Africa
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Ngwenya
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list of airports in Eswatini
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King Sobhuza I (Somhlolo)
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Bulembu
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Lomahasha
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Gege
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Royal Eswatini National Airways
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