Hluthi
Encyclopedia
Hluthi is a town
in south-western Swaziland
about 40 kilometres south-west of Maloma
.
It has a population of 7000 (2006).
D1 Oils has established a 1,000 hectare model farm at Hluthi with a nursery facility capable of growing 5.8 million Jatropha
plants annually for Swaziland's fledgling biofuel industry.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in south-western Swaziland
Swaziland
Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...
about 40 kilometres south-west of Maloma
Maloma
Maloma is a town in southern central Swaziland about 15 kilometres south-west of Sithobela....
.
It has a population of 7000 (2006).
D1 Oils has established a 1,000 hectare model farm at Hluthi with a nursery facility capable of growing 5.8 million Jatropha
Jatropha
Jatropha is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees , from the family Euphorbiaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words ἰατρός , meaning "physician," and τροφή , meaning "nutrition," hence the common name physic nut. Mature plants produce separate male and female...
plants annually for Swaziland's fledgling biofuel industry.