Swaziland Protectorate

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Swaziland Protectorate was a British colonial protectorate in Southern Africa that preceded the modern independent nation of Eswatini.

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Surface form Occurrences
British Protectorate of Swaziland 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former British protectorate
borderDefinedBy British colonial treaties
capital Mbabane NERFINISHED
colonialPower United Kingdom
colonialStatus protectorate
commonLanguage Swazi NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country United Kingdom
currency South African pound NERFINISHED
South African rand NERFINISHED
dateDissolved 1968
dateEstablished 1903
dissolvedInto Eswatini NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Eswatini NERFINISHED
endPoint 1968
ethnicGroup Swazi people NERFINISHED
flagUsedBy United Kingdom NERFINISHED
followedBy Eswatini NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Eswatini NERFINISHED
formerColonyOf United Kingdom NERFINISHED
geographicalRegion Highveld of Southern Africa NERFINISHED
governmentType British protectorate administration
hadHeadOfState British monarch
hadLocalRuler Swazi king
hadRepresentativeOfMonarch British High Commissioner for South Africa NERFINISHED
hasCapitalFunction Mbabane as administrative capital
historicalEra 20th century
Age of New Imperialism NERFINISHED
legalSystem mixed legal system of Roman-Dutch law and customary law
locatedIn Africa
Southern Africa NERFINISHED
namedAfter Swazi people NERFINISHED
officialLanguage English
partOf British Empire
predecessorOf Eswatini NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Eswatini NERFINISHED
religion African traditional religion
Christianity
sharesBorderWith Mozambique NERFINISHED
South Africa NERFINISHED
sovereignState United Kingdom
startPoint 1903
successorState Eswatini NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Eswatini NERFINISHED
usedLanguage English
Swazi NERFINISHED

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British South Africa associatedWith Swaziland Protectorate
British protectorate example Swaziland Protectorate
this entity surface form: British Protectorate of Swaziland