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Eswatini

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Overview

Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on all sides except the east, where it shares a border with Mozambique. At no more than 200 km (120 mi) north to south and 130 km (81 mi) east to west, Eswatini is the second smallest country in Africa. However, its climate and topography are diverse, ranging from a cool and mountainous highveld to a hot and dry lowveld. The executive capital and largest city is Mbabane, and the legislative and second capital is Lobamba.

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“Whenever we [people of Swaziland] go abroad, people refer to us as Switzerland.”
— Mswati III (2018) cited in: "Swaziland king renames country 'the Kingdom of eSwatini'" in BBC News, 19 April 2018.
“My wife works at the university. Last month they got paid late. And they don't know what will happen when it's pay day again. In the health sector, it's worse. Some people got only half their salaries. There is no money - only panic.”
— Sikelela Dlamini, the co-ordinator of the opposition Swaziland United Democratic Front (SUDF), quoted on BBC News, "Swaziland: A kingdom in crisis", July 21, 2011.

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Overview

Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on all sides except the east, where it shares a border with Mozambique. At no more than 200 km (120 mi) north to south and 130 km (81 mi) east to west, Eswatini is the second smallest country in Africa. However, its climate and topography are diverse, ranging from a cool and mountainous highveld to a hot and dry lowveld. The executive capital and largest city is Mbabane, and the legislative and second capital is Lobamba.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“Whenever we [people of Swaziland] go abroad, people refer to us as Switzerland.”
— Mswati III (2018) cited in: "Swaziland king renames country 'the Kingdom of eSwatini'" in BBC News, 19 April 2018.
“My wife works at the university. Last month they got paid late. And they don't know what will happen when it's pay day again. In the health sector, it's worse. Some people got only half their salaries. There is no money - only panic.”
— Sikelela Dlamini, the co-ordinator of the opposition Swaziland United Democratic Front (SUDF), quoted on BBC News, "Swaziland: A kingdom in crisis", July 21, 2011.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.