Nhlangano in the southwestern corner is the third largest town in Eswatini. It is the capital of the southern Region of Shiselweni and headed by …Nhlangano in the southwestern corner is the third largest town in Eswatini. It is the capital of the southern Region of Shiselweni and headed by a Regional Administrator Mr. Peter Mamba. The town was established around a migrant Dutch farming community from the neighbouring South Africa province of Transvaal who gave it the Afrikaans name of Goedgegun. It was an important agricultural town and nexus of maize production, tobacco and cotton farming. Itsd reputation was enhanced by a thriving annual agriculture show - the only one in the country until it was eclipsed by the Manzini Trade Fair. The town was renamed to Nhlangano after independence from Britain in 1968. Nhlangano means "meeting" and commemorates the historic visit Britain's King George VI in March 1947. The British Monarch was accompanied by his wife Queen Elizabeth and their daughter, the Crown Princess Elizabeth who later became Queen Elizabeth ll. They met Swaziland's Paramount Chief, Sobhuza ll. At independence on 6th September 1968 Sobhuza became King and Ingwenyama of Eswatini.
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