Swalala is a rural settlement in Mbombela Local Municipality in Ehlanzeni District of the Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
Swalala | |
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Coordinates: 25°10′59″S 31°07′01″E / 25.183°S 31.117°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Mpumalanga |
District | Ehlanzeni |
Municipality | Mbombela |
Government | |
• Type | Ward 07 |
Area | |
• Total | 4.19 km2 (1.62 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 7,954 |
• Density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.0% |
• Coloured | 0.4% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 0.1% |
• Other | 0.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Swazi | 92.3% |
• Sotho | 2.1% |
• Other | 5.6% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
PO box | 1254 |
Area code | 013 |
During the national census of 2011 it was estimated that the 4.19 km2 village house almost 8,000 inhabitants, of which 99% were Black South Africans with 92% speaking Seswati as their home language.[1]
Swalala is also a popular poem by Samike Ndisya that depicts Swalala as any remote place, mostly inhabited by a poor population.
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