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Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to Swaziland
- Time Zone: GMT/UTC +2
- Electricity: 230V, 50 Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellullar phone etc.)
- Currency: Lilangeni (E)
- Country Dialing Code: 268
Swaziland
Location
Southern Africa, between Mozambique and South Africa
Capital
Mbabane; note - Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital
Population
1,173,900
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Regions
4 districts; Hhohho, Lubombo, Manzini, Shiselweni
Climate
varies from tropical to near temperate
Ethnic groups
African 97%, European 3%
Religions
Zionist (a blend of Christianity and indigenous ancestral worship) 40%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 10%, Anglican, Bahai, Methodist, Mormon, Jewish and other 30%
Languages
English (official, government business conducted in English), siSwati (official)
Government type
monarchy; independent member of Commonwealth
Background
Autonomy for the Swazis of southern Africa was guaranteed by the British in the late 19th century; independence was granted in 1968. Student and labor unrest during the 1990s pressured the monarchy (one of the oldest on the continent) to grudgingly allow political reform and greater democracy. Swaziland recently surpassed Botswana as the country with the world's highest known rates of HIV/AIDS infection
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