Subdivisions of Swaziland
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Swaziland is divided into four districts:
  • Hhohho
  • Lubombo
  • Manzini
    Manzini District
    Manzini is a district of Swaziland, located in the center-west of the country. It has an area of 5,068 km² and a population of 292,000 , and is divided into 16 tinkhundla. Its administrative center is Manzini. It borders all three other districts: Hhohho in the north, Lubombo in the east, and...

  • Shiselweni


Each district is further divided into tinkhundla
Tinkhundla
In Swaziland, an inkhundla is an administrative subdivision smaller than a district, but larger than an umphakatsi...

. There are 55 tinkhundla in Swaziland and each elects one representative to the House of Assembly of Swaziland
House of Assembly of Swaziland
The House of Assembly of Swaziland is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament.There are a total of 55 single-member constituencies corresponding to the tinkhundlas . 14 tinkhundlas are located in Hhohho District, 11 in Lubombo District, 16 in Manzini District, and 14 in Shiselweni...

. Tinkhundla are, in turn, divided into smaller imiphakatsi
Umphakatsi
In Swaziland, an umphakatsi is an administrative subdivision smaller than an inkhundla; there are 360 imiphakatsi in the country, each approximately equivalent to a local community....

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