Lobamba | |
|---|---|
 Eswatini parliament building in Lobamba | |
  Lobamba Location of Lobamba in Eswatini  Lobamba Lobamba (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 26°26′47″S 31°12′06″E / 26.44639°S 31.20167°E | |
| Country |  Eswatini |
| District | Hhohho |
| Elevation | 694 m (2,277 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 9,900 |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (South African Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | Not observed |
| Area code | 416 (country code +268)[2] |
| ISO 3166 code | SZ/SWZ[3] |
Lobamba is a city in Eswatini, and is one of the two capitals (along with Mbabane), serving as the legislative, traditional, spiritual, seat of government of the Parliament of Eswatini,[5] and Ludzidzini Royal Village, the residence of Queen Ntfombi, the Queen Mother.[6][7]
Mswati III lives about ten kilometres (6 mi) away at the Lozitha Palace. The King and Queen Mother participate in annual December and January Incwala ceremonies and August and September Reed Dances at Ludzidzini Royal Village, also known as the Royal Kraal.
Key attractions are the Parliament, National Museum of Eswatini, Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary, and the King Sobhuza II Memorial Park. The Embo State Palace, not open to visitors, was built by the British government for the polygamous King Sobhuza II, whose family included 600 children. He led the movement for Eswatini's independence from the United Kingdom and was its first prime minister.
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- ^ Lobamba. Archived 2014-04-23 at the Wayback Machine Phone Area Code Dialing. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
- ^ Lobamba. PostCodesDB. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
- ^ Lobamba. GeoPostCodes. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
- ^ "The Parliament of Swaziland" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Accessed April 7, 2014.
- ^ "Lobamba". Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed April 8, 2014.
- ^ Ruth Cyr. Twentieth Century Africa. iUniverse; 2001. ISBN 978-0-595-18982-3. p. 485.