Eswatini map quiz
Explore the cities of Eswatini!
Quizzes in this pack
Eswatini: cities, landmarks.
| Cities | 6 questions |
| Landmarks | 8 questions |
Sample questions
- Administrative capital in the Dlangeni Hills of the western Highveld, a cool highland city with the Swazi Market, Sibebe Rock, the world's second-largest monolith, and pine forests
- Answer: Mbabane
- Largest city and industrial hub in the Middleveld, the country's commercial capital with a bustling market, the main transport junction, and gateway to the Ezulwini Valley
- Answer: Manzini
- Traditional and legislative capital in the Ezulwini Valley, site of the Royal Kraal where the annual Umhlanga reed dance ceremony is held, and the Somhlolo National Stadium
- Answer: Lobamba
- Southern town in the Shiselweni district, where King George VI and the Swazi king met in 1947, the town's name means 'meeting place', with a cool highland climate and nearby forests
- Answer: Nhlangano
- Valley of Heaven between Mbabane and Manzini, the country's main tourist strip with hotels, casinos, the Mantenga Cultural Village, and Mantenga Falls in a nature reserve
- Answer: Ezulwini
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Mbabane
Highlands of Eswatini
Mbabane is the capital of Eswatini, among green hills in the north-west of the country. The king and the parliament sit in Lobamba nearby. Eswatini is one of the last countries in the world where the king holds almost all power.
- Did you know?
- The country was called Swaziland until 2018
Lobamba
Ezulwini Valley
Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital of Eswatini, where the parliament and the national museum stand. Each year tens of thousands of young women gather at the royal residence here for Umhlanga, the reed dance, carrying tall reeds to the queen mother.
- Known for
- The reed dance, the parliament, the royal residence
Ezulwini
Between Mbabane and Manzini
Ezulwini lies in the green valley between Mbabane and Manzini, and its name means place of heaven. Hotels and craft markets line the road, and nearby are the Mantenga Falls and the Mlilwane wildlife sanctuary.
- Known for
- The valley, craft markets, Mantenga Falls
Hlane Royal National Park
Lubombo Region
Hlane Royal National Park, once the royal hunting ground, is the largest protected area in Eswatini. Elephants, white rhinos and lions live among the bush of the lowveld, and the name means 'wilderness' in siSwati.
- Area
- About 220 km²
Mantenga Cultural Village
Ezulwini Valley
Mantenga Cultural Village is a rebuilt Swazi homestead of the 1850s, with beehive-shaped huts of grass over a frame of saplings, cattle pens and a yard for dancing. Groups perform traditional songs and dances every day, and the Mantenga Falls lie close by.
- Did you know?
- In a Swazi homestead the most important hut is the grandmother's
Ngwenya Mine
Hhohho Region
At Ngwenya, people dug red ochre out of a hill of iron ore more than 40,000 years ago, in the oldest known mine in the world. They probably used the ochre as paint for their bodies and in rituals; in the 1960s and 70s, a modern mine dug iron ore here for Japan.
- Did you know?
- Ngwenya means "crocodile" in siSwati
How it works
Pick a quiz, then find, name or choose your answer on the 3D globe. A round has 10 questions by default, or more, up to the whole quiz. Each round picks what you need most: questions due again, new ones and the places you tend to mix up. In a short round, the questions you miss are asked once more at the end. Spaced repetition then brings them back on later days until you know them.
Every round also fills your mastery badges for the continent or country, the topic and the whole world: bronze at 50%, silver at 80% and gold at 100%.
