Border between Mozambique and Eswatini

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The border between the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland until 2018) and the Republic of Mozambique is 105 kilometers long and runs along the Lebombo Mountains to the Lusutfu River .

geography

The border begins at the northern triangle with South Africa, at the so-called Mpundweni Beacon near Namaacha . From there, the border leads south, crossing the Umbeluzi River , along the Lebombo Mountains to the southern triangle of Abercorn Drift on the border river Lusutfu (later called Maputo ).

Border crossings

Goba border crossing in the 1920s, when the border crossing still separated Portuguese East Africa (now Mozambique) from the British protectorate of Swaziland. In the background the Portuguese (Republican) flag.

There are officially two border crossings between the two states. At the southern border crossing, near Goba, the Linha de Goba railway line also crosses the border.

Mozambique Eswatini Remarks Coordinates
Street Border crossing Street Border crossing
EN2 Namaacha MR3 Lomahasha continuously open 25 ° 59 ′ 22.2 "  S , 31 ° 59 ′ 59.1"  E
EN3 Goba MR7 Mhlumeni continuously open 26 ° 15 ′ 26.6 ″  S , 32 ° 5 ′ 6 ″  E

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry Points. (No longer available online.) High Commission of the Kingdom of Swaziland to The Republic of South Africa, archived from the original on October 22, 2014 ; accessed on September 27, 2014 (English).