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Lavumisa

Coordinates: 27°19′S 31°54′E / 27.317°S 31.900°E / -27.317; 31.900
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Location of Lavumisa in Eswatini

Lavumisa is a town located in the Shiselweni district of southern Eswatini.

It is a border crossing point to the neighbouring town of Golela in South Africa. Highway MR8 and the railway cross here.

Lavumisa recorded a temperature of 47.4 °C (117.3 °F), which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Eswatini.[1]

Lavumisa also hosts a solar PV Park, a 10MW solar PV power project which is currently active. The project construction commenced in 2021 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in september 2021. It has beem developed into multiple phases and it is owned by Eswatini Electricity Company. The project supplies enough clean energy to power 5.000 househlolds in the area.

27°19′S 31°54′E / 27.317°S 31.900°E / -27.317; 31.900

References

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  1. ^ "Groundwater Resources of Swaziland" (PDF). Swaziland Ministry of Natural Resources, Land Use and Energy. December 1992. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2022.