Swaziland Country Info - Africa

Description and Basic Information

Swaziland with its capital Mbabane is located in Africa (Southern Africa, between Mozambique and South Africa). It covers some 17,364 square kilometres (slightly smaller than New Jersey) with 1,128,000 citizens. English and Swati are the the languages commonly used by the people in Swaziland. It is charing borders with South Africa and Mozambique.

Swaziland is a country in Southern Africa, land locked by South Africa in its west and Mozambique in the east. Swaziland's monarchy is one of the oldest in Africa. Swaziland, one of the last absolute monarchies in the world, is one of the the smallest countries in Africa and has a well-earned reputation for friendliness in Southern Africa. It also contains several large game parks and reserves, which are sponsored by the government and are popular tourist destinations.

Pictures from Capital (Mbabane)

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About Swaziland

The landscape features mostly mountains and hills and some moderately sloping plains. The average density of population is about 64 per km². The climate in Swaziland can be described as varying from tropical to near temperate. Potential threats by nature are drought.

To reach someone in Swaziland dial +268 prior to a number. There are 44,000 installed telephones. And there are 656,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".sz". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 4 regions/states in Swaziland we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Swazi population grew at a rate of 1.21% (or by 16,425 citizens). With 20,297 deaths and 36,722 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.21%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Swaziland: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.