Matsapha
Coordinates: 26 ° 31 ′ S , 31 ° 19 ′ E
Matsapha is a city in Swaziland . It lies in the Manzini region . Matsapha is home to the country's largest industrial park and Matsapha Airport .
geography
The city is located around ten kilometers southwest of Manzini , the largest city in the country, in the Middleveld around 625 meters above sea level. The place Kwaluseni is a few kilometers northeast. The area is 2000 hectares . The area lies on the Lusushwana , a tributary of the Lusutfu .
history
The Matsapha industrial site was established in 1965. In 1969 the area was declared an urban area . As a result, residential buildings were also built.
Economy and Transport
In 2000 there were commercial buildings on 221 hectares. The number of employees in the same year was around 15,000. Among other things, are here a production facility of Coca-Cola , which supplies almost all of Africa with Coca-Cola concentrate, as well as the beverage company Swaziland Beverages, in 1969 with German assistance as Swaziland Breweries was established and large companies since 2016 Anheuser-Busch InBev belongs .
The city is on the MR3 , which runs from Ngwenya in the west via the capital Mbabane to Manzini and to the eastern border of Swaziland at Simunye . The MR103, which is a diversion route in the direction of Mbabane, branches off in Matsapha, the MR9 leads near Matsapha to the southern Nhlangano .
The industrial area is the end of a railway line that is served by Eswatini Railways in freight traffic (see also: Rail transport in Swaziland ).
The Matsapha Airport was south of the industrial park by 2014, the international airport in the country.
education
The Gwamile Vocational and Commercial Training Institute is located in Matsapha .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b KfW project 2002 (PDF), accessed on January 6, 2017
- ↑ Coca Cola Swaziland Conco Ltd. (English), accessed January 8, 2017
- ↑ Company history ( Memento of the original from January 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at swazilandbeverages.com (English), accessed January 8, 2017
