Zombodze

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Zombodze is a village in Shiselweni, Eswatini. Its population as of the 2007 census was 16,067.

Zombodze is a royal village; many Swazi royals are buried on the burial hill there. King Mswati III pronounced the village royal given the history behind the village.

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