List of cities and locations in Swaziland
is a list of cities and towns in Swaziland .
The two largest cities in Swaziland by far are Manzini with 110,537 inhabitants and the capital Mbabane with a population of 76,218 (as of 2005). This means that 17 percent of the country's people are concentrated in both cities.
The following table lists the cities and towns with more than 1,000 inhabitants, the results of the census of August 25, 1986 and May 11, 1997, a calculation for January 1, 2005 and the region to which the city belongs . The population figures refer to the actual place without the suburban belt.
Cities and places in Swaziland | |||||
rank | City / place | Residents | region | ||
1986 census | 1997 census | Calculation 2005 | |||
1. | Manzini | 46,058 | 78,734 | 110,537 | Manzini |
2. | Mbabane | 38,290 | 57.992 | 76,218 | Hhohho |
3. | Big bend | 9,676 | 9,374 | 10,342 | Lubombo |
4th | Malkerns | 4,830 | 7,400 | 9,724 | Manzini |
5. | Nhlangano | 4,107 | 6,540 | 9,016 | Shiselweni |
6th | Mhlume | 6,509 | 7,661 | 8,652 | Lubombo |
7th | Hluti | k. A. | 5,806 | 6,763 | Shiselweni |
8th. | Simunye | 8,762 | 5,633 | 6,512 | Lubombo |
9. | Siteki | 2,271 | 4.157 | 6.152 | Lubombo |
10. | Piggs Peak | 3.223 | 4,581 | 5,750 | Hhohho |
11. | Lobamba | k. A. | 3,625 | 4,557 | Manzini |
12. | Ngomane | k. A. | 3,902 | 4,511 | Lubombo |
13. | Vuvulans | k. A. | 3,594 | 4.155 | Lubombo |
14th | Mpaka | 1.007 | 2.144 | 3,586 | Lubombo |
15th | Kwaluseni | k. A. | 2,701 | 3,395 | Manzini |
16. | Bhunya | 3,361 | 2,650 | 3,046 | Manzini |
17th | Mhlambanyatsi | 2,075 | 2,553 | 2,886 | Manzini |
18th | Mondi | 2,886 | 2,703 | 2,872 | Hhohho |
19th | Tabankulu | 4,651 | 2,551 | 2,815 | Lubombo |
20th | Hlatikulu | 1,276 | 2,076 | 2,748 | Shiselweni |
21st | Bulembu | 4,850 | 2,443 | 2,260 | Hhohho |
22nd | Kubuta | k. A. | 1,750 | 2,038 | Shiselweni |
23. | Tjaneni | 3,682 | 2,250 | 1,899 | Lubombo |
24. | Sidvokodvo | 1,339 | 1,528 | 1,746 | Manzini |
25th | Lavumisa | 850 | 1,117 | 1,300 | Shiselweni |
26th | Ngwenya | 445 | 842 | 1,281 | Hhohho |
27. | Nsoko | 2,868 | 963 | 1,175 | Lubombo |
28. | Mankayane | 913 | 1,040 | 1,144 | Manzini |