Luyengo

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Coordinates: 26 ° 35 ′  S , 31 ° 10 ′  E

Map: Swaziland
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Luyengo is a place in Swaziland . It is in the Manzini region . The place is a scattered settlement and is 733 meters above sea level in the Middleveld between Malkerns in the north and Mankayane in the southwest. On the western edge of Luyengo, a mountain rises to 970 meters. Immediately south of Luyengo, the Lusutfu flows from west to east .

Luyengo was the seat of the Swazi Agricultural College, which was upgraded to the Swazi Agricultural College and University Center as part of the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS) before the University of Swaziland (UNISWA) with its main campus was founded in Kwaluseni (now the University of Eswatini , UNESWA). Since then, the UNESWA Faculty of Agriculture and the University's Research Center have been based in Luyengo.

The place is on the MR18 highway , which connects Malkerns with Bhunya to the west . The MR4 branches off west of Luyengo and heads south.

Individual evidence

  1. Description of the campus at uniswa.sz (English), accessed on October 9, 2014