SWAZILAND
(The Kingdom of Swaziland in Africa)

Capitals: Mbabane (administrative and judicial); Lobamba (royal and parliamentary)

Flag: blue, yellow, crimson, yellow and blue strips with the board and copies of the regiment Emasotsa imposed on a crimson strip.

Anthem: The national anthem beginning "Holy Christ and will bless his blessing".

MONETARY BLOCK: Lilang (pl. Emalangeni; e) in 100 cents - it is the paper currency equal to cost to the South African rand that is also lawful means of payment. There are coins 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents, 1 lilang and notes 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 of emalangeni. e1 = $0,16129 (or $1 = e6.2) as of 2005.

WEIGHT AND MEASURES: the metric system replaced imperial the weight and a measure in September, 1969.

HOLIDAYS: New year, on January 1; Day of the Commonwealth, 2nd Monday of March; Day of national flag, on April 25; Birthday of the king Sobkhuza II, on July 22; Day of Umlangi (Read Tanets) last Monday of August; Put Somlolo (Independence), on September 6; Day of the UN, on October 24; Christmas, on December 25; Day of gifts, on December 26. Moveable religious feasts are included by Good Friday, Sacred Saturday, Easter Monday, Rise and the Ceremony of Incwala.

TIME: 14:00 - midday.

ARRANGEMENT, SIZE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The country which doesn't have an outlet to the sea in the southern part of Africa, Swaziland has the area of 17 363 sq.km (6 704 quarter. Miles), 176 km long (109 miles) nanosecond and 135 km (84 miles). Rather, the area occupied with Swaziland is a little less than State of New Jersey. He is limited by Mozambique in the south and the Republic of South Africa (including the homeland) on se, s, w and n with a total length of border of 535 km (332 miles).
The capital of Swaziland, Mbabane, is located in a northwest part of the country.

TOPOGRAPHY

The country is divided from the West into the East on four accurately certain regions, and the first three have approximately equal width. Four regions stretch for the North and the South and are known as high, average and low velda and also Lebobo's plain and slopes. High вельд in the West has average height from 1050 m to 1200 m (3445-3397 feet). Average velda average from 450 to 600 m (1,476 up to 1,969 feet), and the lower or sectional field is less than 300 m (984 feet). The Lebombo plateau, at the average height of 610 m (2000 feet), stretches to a slope of Lebombo which is a part of Mountains Lebombo in the east. The whole country passes through the rivers or streams that does it to one of the best irrigation areas in the south of Africa. The longest river - Great to Usut who stretches approximately from the West for the East through the center of the country on the general distance of sq. 217 km (135 miles).

CLIMATE

The high field has humid almost temperate climate from about 140 cm (55 inches) of an average annual amount of precipitation. Average вельд subtropical and a little drier, with rainfall of rainfall about 85 cm (33 inches); low вельд, almost tropical, is subgumidy, receiving about 60 cm (24 inches) from a rain on average to year.