'''Hlongwane''' is the surname and clan name of the royal family of AmaNgwane.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Van Warmelo |first=N.J |title=History of Matiwane and the Amangwane Tribe |publisher=Union of South Africa's Department of Native Affairs |year=1938 |isbn=9781928326205 |location=Pretoria, Republic of South Africa|pages=222}}</ref>
== History == Hlongwane is the royal clan name (sibongo) of AmaNgwane<ref name=":0" />. AmaNgwane are also called "AmaNgwane Ka Ngwadi." Ngwadi was an influential Hlongwane king who united the Mazibuko, Mdluli, Luvuno, Ndaba, Gumede, Mahlobo, Zondo, Khaba, Zigode, Khoza, Goza, and Ntshali clans. The king of AmaNgwane is customarily from house of Hlongwane.
Royal Lineage of the House of Hlongwane:
* Ngwane - 1350 * Hlongwane - 1400 * Sangweni - 1450 * Somkhabase - 1500 * Dlabathi - 1530 * Mafu - 1560 * Ngwane II - 1600 * Ngwadi I - 1640 * Nsele - 1670 * Ndungunya I - 1700 * Tshanibudekansele - 1740 * Masumpa - 1780 * Matiwane - 1815 * Zikhali - 1830 * Ncwadi Hlongwane (Ngwadi II) - 1870 * Bambazi Hlongwane - 1900 * Ndungunya Hlongwane (Ndungunya II) - 1930 * Tshanibezwe Hlongwane - 1960 * Maswazi Hlongwane - 1982 * Menzi Hlongwane - 2005
Clans who descend from the royal lineage of Hlongwane include: Sangweni<ref>{{Cite book |last=Patricks |first=Richard |title=Tibongo Netinanatelo Temaswati/Swazi Surnames and their Praise names |publisher=Swaziland National Trust Commission, Natural History Society of Swaziland, Conservation Trust of Swaziland |year=2002 |location=Mbabane, Kingdom of Eswatini |publication-date=2002 |pages=21,63}}</ref>, Tshani/Tyani, Masumpa, Matiwane, Zikhali, Ntsimango, Khondlo, Sono, Mzamo, Mphayise and Tunyiswa/Thunyiswa.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mqhayi |first=S.E.K |title=Umhlekazi U Hintsa |publisher=The Lovedale Press |year=1937 |publication-date=1937 |pages=7-8 |language=xh |trans-title=King Hintsa}}</ref>
== Descendents of Hlongwane ka Ngwane == Notable figures with the surname Hlongwane include:
*King Matiwane, King of AmaNgwane *King Masumpa, King of AmaNgwane *King Ngwadi, King of amaNgwane *Bongokuhle Hlongwane, South African footballer *Fana Hlongwane, South African politician and businessman *Samuel Hlongwane, South African Navy officer, *Thomas Hlongwane, South African footballer
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