Swaziland

Capital:

Lobamba

Population:

1,185,000

Official Languages:

English, Swati

Time Zone:

+2

Dialing Code:

+268

 

Government:

Unitary parliamentary

Area:

17,364 km2

largest city:

Mbabane

Currency :

Lilangeni (SZL)

ISO 3166 code:

SZ

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Basic Info

Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland (Swazi: Umbuso weSwatini), and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique. The nation, as well as its people, are named after the 19th century king Mswati II.


Swaziland Location in World Map

Geography

Swaziland lies across a geological fault which runs from the Drakensberg Mountains of Lesotho, north through the Eastern highlands of Zimbabwe, forms the Great Rift Valley of Kenya and, eventually, peters out in present-day Turkey.


Climate

The seasons are the reverse of those in the Northern Hemisphere with December being mid-summer and June mid-winter. Generally speaking, rain falls mostly during the summer months, often in the form of thunderstorms. Winter is the dry season. Annual rainfall is highest on the Highveld in the West, between 1,000 and 2,000 mm (39.4 and 78.7 in) depending on the year. The further East, the less rain, with the Lowveld recording 500 to 900 mm (19.7 to 35.4 in) per annum.


Religion

82.70% of the total population adheres to Christianity, making it the most common religion in Swaziland. Various Protestant and indigenous African churches, including African Zionist, constitute the majority of the Christians (40%), followed by Roman Catholicism at 20% of the population. There are also smaller numbers non-Christian religions practiced in the country such as islam (0.95%), the Bahá'í Faith (0.5%), and Hinduism (0.15%).


Administrative divisions


1

Hhohho

2

Lubombo

3

Manzini

4

Shiselweni

Swaziland Administrative divisions Map

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