Mbabane (redirected from Mbabne, Swaziland)

Mbabane (əmbäbä`nā), town (1996 est. pop. 58,100), capital of Swaziland, NW Swaziland, in the Mdimba Mts. It is primarily an administrative center but serves as a commercial hub for the surrounding agricultural region. Tin and iron are mined nearby.

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Mbabane

Capital and largest town (pop., 1998 est.: 60,000) of Swaziland. Located in western Swaziland, it developed near the cattle kraal of the Swazi king Mbandzeni in the late 19th century. The actual town was founded in 1902, when the British assumed control of Swaziland and set up an administrative headquarters there. A Mozambican railway link near Mbabane was established in 1964, primarily to export iron ore extracted in the region; production of the ore had virtually ceased by the late 1970s.

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Mbabane

the capital of Swaziland, in the northwest: administrative and financial centre, with a large iron mine nearby. Pop.: 71 000 (2005 est.)

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Mbabane 

the capital of Swaziland. Linked by highway with the railroad leading to the port of Lourenc,o Marques (Mozambique). Population, 17,800 (1972). Asbestos is mined nearby (the Havelock mine).