Metroji clue #28

Mbabane in five emoji

Eswatini

The administrative capital of one of the last absolute monarchies, in a country that changed its name from Swaziland in 2018. The royal capital is at Lobamba, twenty kilometres away.

What each emoji refers to

The king rules rather than reigns, and appoints the prime minister directly.
Sibebe is a bare granite dome just outside the city that you walk up rather than climb.
The Umhlanga reed dance brings tens of thousands of young women to Lobamba each August.
Mbabane sits on the Highveld, which is cooler and wetter than the lowland east of the country.
Both black and white rhino are kept in the reserves, and the anti-poaching laws here are unusually severe.

Mbabane at a glance

Country
Eswatini
Coordinates
26.31Β° S, 31.14Β° E
First played
Also accepted
Swaziland

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Mbabane.

City Distance Direction
MaputoMozambique 150 km
PretoriaSouth Africa 300 km
JohannesburgSouth Africa 310 km
DurbanSouth Africa 400 km
MaseruLesotho 490 km
GaboroneBotswana 560 km

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