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Sibebe is a granite mountain in
Eswatini Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its ...
, located 10 km from the capital city Mbabane. It is the second-largest monolith in the world and the largest exposed
granite Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies und ...
pluton,Sibebe Rock
Swaziland Tourism website. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
rising 350m above the valley of the Mbuluzi River. It is also known as 'Bald Rock'.Michael Bright (ed.), "1001 Natural Wonders: You Must See Before You Die"
AFRICA: Sibebe, Swaziland
Octopus Publishing (2010), .
The Mbabane-Mbuluzi Rotary Club organises an annual fund-raising walk up Sibebe Rock, called the Sibebe Survivor. Several thousand people take part each year.Bodwa Mbingo
'SB come through for Sibebe survivor'
''The Swazi Observer'', 27 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
Sibebe also gives its name to a
lager Lager () is beer which has been brewed and conditioned at low temperature. Lagers can be pale, amber, or dark. Pale lager is the most widely consumed and commercially available style of beer. The term "lager" comes from the German for "stora ...
produced by Eswatini Beverages Ltd, called ''Sibebe Premium Lager''.


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