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{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Eswatini
| common_name = Eswatini
| native_name = {{native name|ss|Umbuso weSwatini}}
| image_flag = Flag of Eswatini.svg
| image_coat = Coat of arms of Eswatini.svg
| national_motto = {{native phrase|ss|"Siyinqaba"|italics=off}} {{smaller|"We are a fortress" "We are a mystery" "We hide ourselves away" "We are powerful ones"}}
| national_anthem = {{nowrap|"[[Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati]]" {{smaller|"Oh God, Bestower of the Blessings of the Swazi'"}}}} <div style="padding-top:0.5em;" class="center">[[File:Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati (instrumental).ogg]]</div>
| image_map = Location Eswatini AU Africa.svg
| map_caption = {{map caption |countryprefix= |location_color=dark blue |region=Africa |region_color=light blue |subregion=the [[African Union]] |subregion_color=light blue}}
| image_map2 = Eswatini.png
| capital = {{plainlist|
*[[Mbabane]] (executive)
*[[Lobamba]] (legislative)}}
| largest_city = [[Mbabane]]
| official_languages = [[English language|English]]
| languages_type = National language
| languages = [[Swazi language|Swazi]]
| demonym = Swazi
| government_type = [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[Absolute monarchy|absolute]] [[diarchy]]
| leader_title1 = [[Ngwenyama]]
| leader_name1 = [[Mswati III]]
| leader_title2 =
| leader_name2 =
| leader_title3 = [[List of Prime Ministers of Eswatini|Prime Minister]]
| leader_name3 = [[Russell Dlamini]]
| legislature = [[Parliament of Eswatini|Parliament]]
| upper_house = [[Senate of Eswatini|Senate]]
| lower_house = [[House of Assembly of Eswatini|House of Assembly]]
| sovereignty_type = Independence from the [[United Kingdom]]
| established_event1 = Granted
| established_date1 = 6 September 1968
| established_event2 = [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 257|United Nations membership]]
| established_date2 = 24 September 1968
| established_event3 = [[Constitution of Swaziland|Current constitution]]
| established_date3 = 2005 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/sz/sz010en.pdf |title=Laws |publisher=www.wipo.int |date= |accessdate=2019-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/71892/111269/F1996008974/SWZ71892.pdf |title=THE CONSTITUTION OF THE KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND ACT |access-date=29 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929043736/https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/71892/111269/F1996008974/SWZ71892.pdf |archive-date=29 September 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.sz/images/stories/Constitution%20of%20%20SD-2005A001.pdf |title=Constitution |publisher=www.gov.sz |date= |accessdate=2019-12-27}}</ref>
| coordinates = {{Coord|26|30|S|31|30|E|display=inline,title}}
| area_km2 = 17,364
| area_rank = 153rd 
| area_sq_mi = 6,704 
| percent_water = 0.9
| population_estimate = {{UN_Population|Eswatini}}{{UN_Population|ref}}
| population_census = 1,093,238<ref>{{cite web|url=https://swaziland.unfpa.org/en/news/swaziland-releases-population-count-2017-census|title=Swaziland Releases Population Count from 2017 Census|publisher=United Nations Population Fund|access-date=7 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807130048/https://swaziland.unfpa.org/en/news/swaziland-releases-population-count-2017-census|archive-date=7 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| population_estimate_year = {{UN_Population|Year}}
| population_estimate_rank = 155th
| population_census_year = 2017
| population_density_km2 = 68.2
| population_density_sq_mi = 176.8 
| population_density_rank = 135th
| GDP_PPP = $12.293 billion
| GDP_PPP_year = 2019
| GDP_PPP_per_capita = $11,089<ref name="imf.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2019/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=47&pr.y=3&sy=2019&ey=2024&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=734&s=NGDPD,PPPGDP,NGDPDPC,PPPPC&grp=0&a=|title=Report for Selected Countries and Subjects|website=www.imf.org}}</ref>
| GDP_nominal = $4.662 billion
| GDP_nominal_year = 2019
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = $4,206<ref name="imf.org"/>
| Gini = 49.5 
| Gini_year = 2015
| Gini_change = decrease 
| Gini_ref = <ref name="wb-gini">{{cite web |url=http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20405098/swaziland-country-partnership-strategy-fy2015-2018 |title=Swaziland – Country partnership strategy FY2015-2018 |publisher=World Bank |accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref>
| Gini_rank =
| HDI = 0.611 
| HDI_year = 2019 
| HDI_change = increase 
| HDI_ref = <ref name="UNHDR">{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/SWZ|title=Human Development Reports – Eswatini (Kingdom of) – Human Development Indicators|language=en|publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]]|date=May 2021|accessdate=18 May 2021}}</ref>
| HDI_rank = 138th
| currency = {{plainlist|
* [[Swazi lilangeni]] (SZL)
* [[South African rand]] (ZAR)}}
| time_zone = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]]
| utc_offset = +2
| utc_offset_DST =
| time_zone_DST =
| drives_on = [[Right- and left-hand traffic|left]]
| calling_code = [[+268]]
| cctld = [[.sz]]
| official_website = {{URL|http://www.gov.sz/}}
| today =
}}
'''Eswatini''' (or '''Swaziland''') is a country in [[Africa]]. It is officially the '''Kingdom of Eswatini''' (''Umbuso weSwatini''). It was called '''Swaziland''' until April 2018.

Its [[capital (city)|capital]] is [[Mbabane]]. The country is named after the 19th-century king [[Mswati II]]. Eswatini was [[colonized]] by the [[British Empire|British]] and the [[Boer|Boers]] at the end of the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/swazisouthafrica0000kupe|title=The Swazi: a South African kingdom|last=Kuper|first=Hilda|date=1963|publisher=Holt, Rinehart and Winston|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-03-042615-5|location=|pages=10–13}}</ref>

Eswatini is a small country. It is no more than {{convert|200|km|mi}} north to south and {{convert|130|km|mi}} east to west. It is completely surrounded by land. Eswatini does not touch the [[sea]]. The two countries that touch it are [[Mozambique]] and [[South Africa]]. The country's two largest cities are the [[Public administration|administrative]] capital [[Mbabane]] and the economic center [[Manzini]]. The seat of government is Lobamba.

On 19 April 2018, the King of Eswatini [[Mswati III]] announced that the Kingdom of Swaziland had renamed itself the Kingdom of Eswatini.<ref name="BBC Name Change">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43821512|title=Swaziland king changes the country's name|date=2018-04-19|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-04-19|language=en-GB}}</ref> Part of the reason was that the old name sounded too similar to [[Switzerland]].<ref name="BBC Name Change"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Kingdom of Swaziland Change Now Official|url=http://www.times.co.sz/news/118373-kingdom-of-eswatini-change-now-official.html|website=Times Of Swaziland|access-date=25 May 2018|date=18 May 2018}}</ref>

== Health ==
Eswatini is strongly affected by [[HIV]] and [[AIDS]]. The 2012 [[CIA World Factbook]] showed Swaziland with the highest HIV infection rate in the world. [[Life expectancy]] is 50 years.

== Education ==
Education in Eswatini is free at primary level, mainly 1st and 2nd grades. It is also free for orphaned and vulnerable children. Children are not required to attend.<ref name=ilab>{{cite web |url = http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2001/Swaziland.htm |title = 2001 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor |publisher = [[Bureau of International Labor Affairs]], [[U.S. Department of Labor]] |year = 2002 |accessdate = 29 December 2009 |archive-date = 15 May 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090515092523/http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2001/swaziland.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref> In 1996, the primary school enrollment rate was 90.8%. Girls and boys both attended at the primary level.<ref name=ilab/> In 1998, 80.5% of children reached grade five.<ref name=ilab/>

The University of Eswatini provides higher education.

== Demographics ==
[[Image:Ssa clem 48.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Swazi people dancing|Swazi people dancing in a cultural village show.]]

Most of Eswatini’s people are ethnically [[Swazi people|Swazi]]. There is also a small number of [[Zulus|Zulu]] and white Africans, mostly people of [[British people|British]] and [[Afrikaner]] descent. Eswatini also has some [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] settlers and African refugees from [[Mozambique]].

82.70% of the people are [[Christianity|Christian]]. Christianity in Eswatini is sometimes mixed with traditional beliefs and practices. Some people think of the king as having a spiritual role. Eswatini also has a small [[Islam|Muslim minority]].

Swazi have been [[subsistence farmers]] and herders. They now mix such activities with work in the growing urban economy and in government. Some Swazi work in the mines in [[South Africa]].

''[[Swazi language|SiSwati]]'' and [[English language|English]] are the official languages.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2841.htm |title = Background Note:Swaziland |author = U.S. Department of State |accessdate =29 December 2009}}</ref> SiSwati has 2.5 million speakers and is taught in schools. It is also one of the official languages of South Africa.

About 76,000 people in the country speak [[Zulu language|Zulu]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=SZ |title=Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition |author = M. Paul Lewis |year = 2009 |accessdate =29 December 2009}}</ref> [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]] is spoken by about 19,000 people in Swaziland. [[Afrikaans]] is also spoken by some residents of [[Afrikaner]] descent.

[[File:Eswatini, administrative divisions - en - colored.png|thumb|150px|left|Districts of Eswatini]]

== Districts ==
Eswatini is divided into four districts:
* [[Hhohho District|Hhohho]]
* [[Lubombo District|Lubombo]]
* [[Manzini District|Manzini]]
* [[Shiselweni District|Shiselweni]]
 
 
 
 

==Cities==
The cities in Eswatini are:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank
! City
! Census 1986
! Census 1997
! Calc. 2005
! District
|-
| align=right | 1. || [[Manzini, Swaziland|Manzini]] || align=right | 46,058 || align=right | 78,734 || align=right | 110,537 || [[Manzini District|Manzini]]
|-
| align=right | 2. || [[Mbabane]] || align=right | 38,290 || align=right | 57,992 || align=right | 76,218 || [[Hhohho]]
|-
| align=right | 3. || [[Big Bend, Swaziland|Big Bend]]|| align="right" | 9,676 || align=right | 9,374 || align=right | 10,342 || [[Lubombo]]
|-
| align=right | 4. || [[Malkerns]]|| align="right" | 4,830 || align=right | 7,400 || align=right | 9,724 || [[Manzini District|Manzini]]
|-
| align=right | 5. || [[Nhlangano]]|| align="right" | 4,107 || align=right | 6,540 || align=right | 9,016 || [[Shiselweni]]
|-
| align=right | 6. || [[Mhlume]]|| align="right" | 6,509 || align=right | 7,661 || align=right | 8,652 || [[Lubombo District|Lubombo]]
|-
| align=right | 7. || [[Hluti]]|| align="right" | n.a. || align=right | 5,806 || align=right | 6,763 || [[Shiselweni]]
|-
| align=right | 8. || [[Simunye]]|| align="right" | 8,762 || align=right | 5,633 || align=right | 6,512 || [[Lubombo District|Lubombo]]
|-
| align=right | 9. || [[Siteki]]|| align="right" | 2,271 || align=right | 4,157 || align=right | 6,152 || [[Lubombo District|Lubombo]]
|-
| align=right | 10. || [[Piggs Peak]]|| align="right" | 3,223 || align=right | 4,581 || align=right | 5,750 || [[Hhohho]]
|-
| align=right | 11. || [[Lobamba]] || align=right | n.a. || align=right | 3,625 || align=right | 4,557 || [[Manzini District|Manzini]]
|-
| align=right | 12. || [[Ngomane]]|| align="right" | n.a. || align=right | 3,902 || align=right | 4,511 || [[Lubombo District|Lubombo]]
|-
| align=right | 13. || [[Vuvulane]]|| align="right" | n.a. || align=right | 3,594 || align=right | 4,155 || [[Lubombo District|Lubombo]]
|-
| align=right | 14. || [[Mpaka]] || align=right | 1,007 || align=right | 2,144 || align=right | 3,586 || [[Lubombo District|Lubombo]]
|-
| align=right | 15. || [[Kwaluseni]]|| align="right" | n.a. || align=right | 2,701 || align=right | 3,395 || [[Manzini District|Manzini]]
|-
| align=right | 16. || [[Bhunya]]|| align="right" | 3,361 || align=right | 2,650 || align=right | 3,046 || [[Manzini District|Manzini]]
|-
| align=right | 17. || [[Mhlambanyatsi]]|| align="right" | 2,075 || align=right | 2,553 || align=right | 2,886 || [[Manzini District|Manzini]]
|-
|align=right | 18. || [[Mondi, Swaziland|Mondi]]|| align="right" | 2,886 || align=right | 2,703 || align=right | 2,872 || [[Hhohho]]
|-
| align=right | 19. || [[Tabankulu, Swaziland|Tabankulu]]|| align="right" | 4,651 || align=right | 2,551 || align=right | 2,815 || [[Lubombo District|Lubombo]]
|-
| align=right | 20. || [[Hlatikulu]]|| align="right" | 1,276 || align=right | 2,076 || align=right | 2,748 || [[Shiselweni]]
|-
| align=right | 21. || [[Bulembu]]|| align="right" | 4,850 || align=right | 2,443 || align=right | 2,260 || [[Hhohho]]
|-
| align=right | 22. || [[Kubuta]]|| align="right" | n.a. || align=right | 1,750 || align=right | 2,038 || [[Shiselweni]]
|-
| align=right | 23. || [[Tjaneni]]|| align="right" | 3,682 || align=right | 2,250 || align=right | 1,899 || [[Lubombo District|Lubombo]]
|-
| align=right | 24. || [[Sidvokodvo]]|| align="right" | 1,339 || align=right | 1,528 || align=right | 1,746 || [[Manzini]]
|-
| align=right | 25. || [[Lavumisa]]|| align="right" | 850 || align=right | 1,117 || align=right | 1,300 || [[Shiselweni]]
|-
| align=right | 26. || [[Ngwenya]]|| align="right" | 445 || align=right | 842 || align=right | 1,281 || [[Hhohho]]
|-
| align=right | 27. || [[Nsoko]]|| align="right" | 2,868 || align=right | 963 || align=right | 1,175 || [[Lubombo District|Lubombo]]
|-
| align=right | 28. || [[Mankayane]]|| align="right" | 913 || align=right | 1,040 || align=right | 1,144 || [[Manzini District|Manzini]]
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Other websites ==
{{commonscat}}
* [http://www.swazilive.com Online Information about Swaziland]

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