Lilangeni

E103007

The lilangeni is the official monetary unit of Eswatini, subdivided into 100 cents and commonly used alongside the South African rand.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
lilangeni 3
Lilangeni canonical 1
Swazi lilangeni 1

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf currency
fiat currency
category Currencies of Africa
Eswatini
surface form: Economy of Eswatini
centralBank Central Bank of Eswatini
country Eswatini
denominationType banknotes
coins
exchangeControlLink Common Monetary Area
hasPluralName emalangeni
introduced 1974
ISO4217Code SZL
issuingAuthority Central Bank of Eswatini
languageOfName siSwati
legalTenderIn Eswatini
monetarySystem decimal
namedAfter siSwati word for "one Lilangeni"
officialCurrencyOf Eswatini
peggedAtParityWith South African rand
peggedTo South African rand
pluralForm emalangeni
pluralNameLanguage siSwati
region Southern Africa
replaced South African rand
surface form: South African rand (as sole legal tender in Eswatini)
status active
subunit cent
subunitToUnit 100
symbol L
usedAlongside South African rand
usedFor domestic transactions in Eswatini
usedIn Common Monetary Area
surface form: Common Monetary Area (alongside other member currencies)

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eswatini currency Lilangeni
Common Monetary Area currencyPeg Lilangeni
this entity surface form: Swazi lilangeni
Mbabane currency Lilangeni
this entity surface form: lilangeni
Kwaluseni currencyUsed Lilangeni
this entity surface form: lilangeni
Manzini currencyUsed Lilangeni
this entity surface form: lilangeni