Lubombo
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Lubombo is a district
Districts of Swaziland
||Swaziland is divided into four districts:# Hhohho# Lubombo# Manzini# ShiselweniThese districts are subdivided into 55 tinkhundla. These, in turn, are divided into umphakatsi.-See also:*ISO 3166-2:SZ...

 of Swaziland
Swaziland
Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...

, located in the east of the country. It has an area of 5,947 km² and a population of 202,000 (1997). Its administrative center is Siteki
Siteki
Siteki is a town in eastern Swaziland, lying west of the Lebombo Mountains. It is named for a declaration of Mbandzeni permitting his troops to marry....

. It borders all three other districts: Hhohho
Hhohho
Hhohho is a district of Swaziland, located in the northwest of the country. It has an area of 3,569 km² and a population of 270,000 , and is divided into 14 tinkhundla. The administrative center is the national capital of Mbabane. It borders Lubombo District in the southeast and Manzini District...

 to the north, Manzini
Manzini District
Manzini is a district of Swaziland, located in the center-west of the country. It has an area of 5,068 km² and a population of 292,000 , and is divided into 16 tinkhundla. Its administrative center is Manzini. It borders all three other districts: Hhohho in the north, Lubombo in the east, and...

 to the west, and Shiselweni
Shiselweni
Shiselweni is a district of Swaziland, located in the southwest of the country. It has an area of 3,790 km² and a population of 217,000 , and is divided into 14 tinkhundla. Its administrative center is Nhlangano. It borders Lubombo District in the northeast and Manzini District in the northwest....

 to the south. It is divided into 11 tinkhundla.

Geographically, the district is dominated almost entirely by the Lubombo Mountains.
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