Namaacha District is a district of Maputo Province in southern Mozambique . The principal town is Namaacha . The district is located in the southwest of the province, and borders with Moamba District in the north, Boane District in the east, Matutuíne District in the south, and with Eswatini and South Africa in the west. The area of the district is 2,196 square kilometres (848 sq mi). It has a population of 41,914 as of 2007.
10-681: The principal rivers in the district are the Movene River , the Mabenga River , the Calichane River , the Impaputo River , and the Umbelúzi River . The eastern part of Lebombo Mountains is in the district. The climate is tropical humid, varying with altitude, with the average annual rainfall being 751 millimetres (29.6 in). The name Namaacha originates from the king Lomahacha , who
20-470: A population of 212,531 (2017). Its administrative center is Siteki . It borders all three other regions: Hhohho to the north, Manzini to the west, and Shiselweni to the south. It is divided into 11 tinkhundla . Geographically, the region is dominated almost entirely by the Lubombo Mountains . The Lubombo District is the easternmost of the four regions of Eswatini. Its capital is Siteki. Lubombo
30-576: Is relatively low with heights between 400 m (1,300 ft) and less than 800 m (2,600 ft). The highest peak is the 776 m-high (2,546 ft) Mount Mananga . The 480 m-high (1,570 ft) Longwe is the highest point in the Lebombo Range north of the Letaba River . The mountains dominate Lubombo District in Eswatini. Towns in the area include Siteki in the centre, Lubhuku in
40-464: Is subdivided to 11 tinkhundla (or constituencies). These are local administration centres, and also parliamentary constituencies. Each inkhundla is headed by an indvuna yenkhundla or governor with the help of bucopho . The tinkhundla are further divided into imiphakatsi (or chiefdoms). The present tinkhundla are: 26°25′S 31°45′E / 26.417°S 31.750°E / -26.417; 31.750 This Eswatini location article
50-529: The east. It is composed of a sequence of Jurassic age volcanic rock , both basaltic lavas and rhyolitic flows and tuffs . The sequence rests on essentially horizontal Karoo Supergroup sedimentary rocks of the Kalahari Craton to the west and is overlain by Cretaceous to recent sediments to the east. The alternating resistant rhyolite and easily eroded basalts produce a series of parallel sharp cuesta ridges separated by savanna plains. The range
60-895: The households in the district have access to electricity. In the district, there are 15,000 farms which have on average 2 hectares (0.0077 sq mi) of land. The main agricultural products are corn, cassava , cowpea , peanut, and sweet potato. There is a road network in the district 166 kilometres (103 mi) long, which includes a stretches of national roads EN2, connecting Maputo and Eswatini. 25°58′S 32°02′E / 25.967°S 32.033°E / -25.967; 32.033 Lebombo Mountains The Lebombo Mountains , also called Lubombo Mountains ( Portuguese : Montes Libombos ), are an 800 km-long (500 mi), narrow range of mountains in Southern Africa . They stretch from Hluhluwe in KwaZulu-Natal in
70-435: The range. This Mozambique location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This South Africa location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Eswatini location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lubombo District Lubombo is a region of Eswatini , located in the east of the country. It has an area of 5,849.11 km and
80-666: The south to Punda Maria in the Limpopo Province in South Africa in the north. Parts of the mountain range are also found in Mozambique and Eswatini . Geologically, the range is considered a monocline ; part of a rifted volcanic margin. The Lebombo monocline was aligned with the Explora Escarpment off-shore Dronning Maud Land , Antarctica , before the break-up of Gondwana . The Lebombo monocline strikes N-S and dips to
90-671: The west and Mayaluka and Big Bend in the south with the Lusutfu River running past the southern region of the mountain range. At the north lie the towns of Simunye , Tambankulu and Namaacha , and the Mlawula Nature Reserve as well as the Mbuluzi River . A number of rivers, including the Pongola , Mkuze , and Lusutfu , cross the mountains from west to east. Kruger National Park and Phongolo Nature Reserve protect part of
100-561: Was active in the area before the Portuguese colonization. In 1869, the Treaty of Pretoria gave the area to Portugal. As of 2005, 40% of the population of the district was younger than 15 years. 63% of the population spoke Portuguese. The most common mothertongue among the population was Xichangana . 44% were analphabetic, mostly women. The district is divided into two postos , Namaacha (six localities) and Changalane (four localities). 6% of
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