Eswatini

E16080

Eswatini is a small landlocked monarchy in Southern Africa known for its blend of traditional Swazi culture and modern institutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landlocked country
monarchy
sovereign state
AfricanUnionMember true
area about 17364 square kilometres
borderCountry Mozambique
South Africa
callingCode +268
capital Mbabane
climate subtropical
CommonwealthOfNationsMember true
continent Africa
conventionalLongName Eswatini self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kingdom of Eswatini
currency Lilangeni
South African rand
demonym Swazi people
surface form: Swazi
drivesOn left
drivingSide left
electricityStandard 230 V, 50 Hz
formerName Eswatini self-linksurface differs
surface form: Swaziland
governmentType absolute monarchy
headOfGovernment Mswati III
headOfState Mswati III
independenceDate 1968-09-06
independenceFrom United Kingdom
internetTLD .sz
ISO3166-1Alpha2 SZ
ISO3166-1Alpha3 SWZ
judicialCapital Mbabane
surface form: Lobamba
landlocked true
legalSystem mixed legal system of civil law, common law and customary law
legislativeCapital Mbabane
surface form: Lobamba
majorRiver Great Usutu River
monarchSince Mswati III, 1986
nationalDay 6 September
nationalSport football
officialLanguage English
Swazi people
surface form: Swazi
populationEstimate approximately 1.2 million
populationEstimateYear 2023
primaryEthnicGroup Swazi people
region Southern Africa
religionMajority Christianity
seatOfGovernment Mbabane
timeZone UTC+2
titleOfHeadOfGovernment King
titleOfHeadOfState King
UNMemberState true

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

Mswati III headOfGovernmentOf Eswatini
Swazi people ethnonym Eswatini
this entity surface form: Swazi
Swazi people nativeTo Eswatini
Swazi people associatedWithState Eswatini
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Eswatini
Swazi people traditionalHomeland Eswatini
this entity surface form: Swaziland
Swazi people historicalKingdom Eswatini
this entity surface form: Swazi Kingdom
Mbabane country Eswatini
Mbabane isCapitalOf Eswatini
Mbabane formerCountryNameContext Eswatini
this entity surface form: Swaziland
Mbabane isLargestCityOf Eswatini
Richard E. Grant countryOfBirth Eswatini
this entity surface form: Swaziland
Richard E. Grant citizenship Eswatini
Great Usutu River country Eswatini
Lilangeni country Eswatini
Lilangeni officialCurrencyOf Eswatini
Lilangeni legalTenderIn Eswatini
Lilangeni category Eswatini
this entity surface form: Economy of Eswatini
sot alsoSpokenIn Eswatini
Nelspruit nearBorder Eswatini
Mfecane hasKeyGroup Eswatini
this entity surface form: Swazi
Changana spokenIn Eswatini
Swati language alternativeName Eswatini
this entity surface form: Swazi
Swati language spokenIn Eswatini
Tsonga language spokenIn Eswatini
Tsonga people country Eswatini
Gaza Province bordersCountry Eswatini
Natal Province borderedBy Eswatini
this entity surface form: Swaziland
Tswa language spokenIn Eswatini
Tswa language country Eswatini
Nkomazi region borderWith Eswatini
Ronga spokenIn Eswatini
Kwaluseni Campus country Eswatini
Faculty of Health Sciences Campus formerCountryNameContext Eswatini
this entity surface form: Swaziland
UNISWA country Eswatini