Big Bend
Big Bend is a town in eastern Eswatini, lying on the Great Usutu River. Its main industry is farming and it is based mostly on sugar plantations. Big Bend is also surrounded by nature/game reserves such as Mhlosinga Nature Reserve and Nisela Safaris.- Type: Town with 6,430 residents
- Description: city in Eswatini
- Also known as: “Big Bend, Eswatini” and “Big bend, swaziland”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Ubombo Ranches Airfield.
Big Bend
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Lubombo Region, Eswatini, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.79112° or 26° 47′ 28″ south
Longitude
31.93836° or 31° 56′ 18″ east
Population
6,430
Elevation
96 metres (315 feet)
Open location code
5G5H6W5Q+H8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Big Bend” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Big Bend, Eswatini”
- Afrikaans: “Big Bend, Swaziland”
- Chinese: “大本德”
- Croatian: “Big Bend (Svazi)”
- Croatian: “Big Bend”
- Dutch: “Big Bend”
- French: “Big Bend”
- German: “Big Bend”
- Hausa: “Babban Bend, Eswatini”
- Hebrew: “ביג בנד”
- Japanese: “ビッグ・ベンド”
- Lithuanian: “Big Bendas”
- Northern Frisian: “Big Bend”
- Polish: “Big Bend”
- Portuguese: “Big Bend”
- Romanian: “Big Bend, Eswatini”
- Romanian: “Big Bend, Swaziland”
- Russian: “Биг-Бенд (Свазиленд)”
- Russian: “Биг-Бенд”
- Serbian: “Биг Бенд”
- Swahili: “Big Bend”
- Swati: “Big Bend, eSwatini”
- Urdu: “بگ بینڈ، ایسواتینی”
- Vietnamese: “Big Bend, Eswatini”
- Zulu: “IBig Bend, eSwazini”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ngogo and Qokwane.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Ubombo Sugar Mill power station and Van Eck Dam.
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