Monetary & Banking 

Country name:

conventional long form: Kingdom of Swaziland
conventional short form: Swaziland

 

Capital:

Mbabane; note - Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital

 

Location:

Southern Africa, between Mozambique and South Africa

 

Area:

total: 17,363 sq km
land: 17,203 sq km
water: 160 sq km

 

Population:

1,169,241

 

Languages:

English (official, government business conducted in English), siSwati (official)

 

Economy- Overview:

 

Industries:

mining (coal), wood pulp, sugar, soft drink concentrates, textile and apparel

 

Exports - commodities:

soft drink concentrates, sugar, wood pulp, cotton yarn, refrigerators, citrus and canned fruit

 

Imports - commodities:

motor vehicles, machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals

 

Exchange rates: