Outline of Swaziland

The Kingdom of Swaziland is a small, landlocked, sovereign country located in Southern Africa, bordered by South Africa on three sides except to the east, where it borders Mozambique.^[1] The country, inhabited primarily by Bantu-speaking Swazi people, is named after the 19th century king Mswati II, from whom the people also take their name.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Swaziland:

General reference

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country name: Swaziland
• Official English country name: The Kingdom of Swaziland
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Swazi
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology: Name of Swaziland
• ISO country codes: SZ, SWZ, 748
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:SZ
• Internet country code top-level domain: .sz

Geography of Swaziland

• Swaziland is: a landlocked country
• Location:
  • Eastern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
  • Africa
    • Southern Africa
  • Time zone: South African Standard Time (UTC+02)
  • Extreme points of Swaziland
    • High: Emlembe 1,862 m (6,109 ft)
    • Low: Maputo River 21 m (69 ft)
  • Land boundaries: 535 km

 South Africa 430 km

 Mozambique 105 km

• Coastline: none

• Population of Swaziland: 1,141,000 - 153rd most populous country
• Area of Swaziland: 17,364 km²
• Atlas of Swaziland

Environment of Swaziland

• Climate of Swaziland
• Environmental issues in Swaziland
• Ecoregions in Swaziland
• Renewable energy in Swaziland
• Geology of Swaziland
• Protected areas of Swaziland
  • Biosphere reserves in Swaziland
  • National parks of Swaziland
• Wildlife of Swaziland
  • Flora of Swaziland
  • Fauna of Swaziland
    • Birds of Swaziland
    • Mammals of Swaziland

Natural geographic features of Swaziland

• Glaciers in Swaziland: none ^[2]
• Islands of Swaziland
• Lakes of Swaziland
• Mountains of Swaziland
  • Volcanoes in Swaziland
• Rivers of Swaziland
  • Waterfalls of Swaziland
• Valleys of Swaziland
• World Heritage Sites in Swaziland: None

Regions of Swaziland

Ecoregions of Swaziland

Administrative divisions of Swaziland

• Districts of Swaziland

Districts of Swaziland

• Hhohho
• Lubombo
• Manzini
• Shiselweni

Demography of Swaziland

Government and politics of Swaziland

Main article: Government of Swaziland and Politics of Swaziland

• Form of government:
• Capital of Swaziland: Lobamba (royal and legislative), Mbabane (administrative)

• Elections in Swaziland
  • (specific elections)
• Political parties in Swaziland
• Political scandals of Swaziland
• Taxation in Swaziland

Branches of the government of Swaziland

Executive branch of the government of Swaziland

• Head of state: President of Swaziland,
• Head of government: Prime Minister of Swaziland,
• Cabinet of Swaziland

Legislative branch of the government of Swaziland

• Parliament of Swaziland (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Senate of Swaziland
  • Lower house: House of Commons of Swaziland

Judicial branch of the government of Swaziland

• Supreme Court of Swaziland

Foreign relations of Swaziland

• Diplomatic missions in Swaziland
• Diplomatic missions of Swaziland

International organization membership

The Kingdom of Swaziland is a member of:^[1]

African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP) African Development Bank Group (AfDB) African Union (AU) Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Commonwealth of Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Group of 77 (G77) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) International Development Association (IDA) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) International Finance Corporation (IFC) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) International Labour Organization (ILO) International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Olympic Committee (IOC) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (correspondent) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Nonaligned Movement (NAM) Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Southern African Development Community (SADC) United Nations (UN) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Universal Postal Union (UPU) World Customs Organization (WCO) World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) World Health Organization (WHO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Swaziland

• Capital punishment in Swaziland
• Constitution of Swaziland
• Crime in Swaziland
• Human rights in Swaziland
  • LGBT rights in Swaziland
  • Freedom of religion in Swaziland
• Law enforcement in Swaziland

Military of Swaziland

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief:
    • Ministry of Defence of Swaziland
• Forces
  • Army of Swaziland
  • Navy of Swaziland: None
  • Air Force of Swaziland
  • Special forces of Swaziland
• Military history of Swaziland
• Military ranks of Swaziland

Local government in Swaziland

History of Swaziland

Main article: History of Swaziland, Timeline of the history of Swaziland, and Current events of Swaziland

• Economic history of Swaziland
• Military history of Swaziland

Culture of Swaziland

• Architecture of Swaziland
• Cuisine of Swaziland
• Ethnic minorities in Swaziland
• Festivals in Swaziland
• Humor in Swaziland
• Languages of Swaziland
• Media in Swaziland
• National symbols of Swaziland
  • Coat of arms of Swaziland
  • Flag of Swaziland
  • National anthem of Swaziland
• People of Swaziland
• Prostitution in Swaziland
• Public holidays in Swaziland
• Records of Swaziland
• Religion in Swaziland
  • Buddhism in Swaziland
  • Christianity in Swaziland
  • Hinduism in Swaziland
  • Islam in Swaziland
  • Judaism in Swaziland
  • Sikhism in Swaziland
• World Heritage Sites in Swaziland: None

Art in Swaziland

• Art in Swaziland
• Cinema of Swaziland
• Literature of Swaziland
• Music of Swaziland
• Television in Swaziland
• Theatre in Swaziland

Sports in Swaziland

• Football in Swaziland
• Swaziland at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Swaziland

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 150th (one hundred and fiftieth)

• Agriculture in Swaziland
• Banking in Swaziland
  • National Bank of Swaziland
• Communications in Swaziland
  • Internet in Swaziland
• Companies of Swaziland
• Currency of Swaziland:
• Economic history of Swaziland
• Energy in Swaziland
  • Energy policy of Swaziland
  • Oil industry in Swaziland
• Health care in Swaziland
• Mining in Swaziland
• Swaziland Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Swaziland
• Transport in Swaziland
  • Airports in Swaziland
  • Rail transport in Swaziland
  • Roads in Swaziland
• Water supply and sanitation in Swaziland

Education in Swaziland

See also

• Index of Swaziland-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Swaziland-related topics
• Member state of the Commonwealth of Nations
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Africa
• Outline of geography

References

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Swaziland

• Government of Swaziland
• Swaziland Travel Guide
• Touring Swaziland
• Swaziland Tourism Authority
• Swaziland Website Directory
• Swaziland Directory
• Wikimedia Atlas of Swaziland
• Outline of Swaziland travel guide from Wikitravel
• Swaziland, an external wiki
• Swaziland entry at The World Factbook
• Outline of Swaziland at the Open Directory Project
• US State Department - Swaziland includes Background Notes, Country Study and major reports
• Swaziland Internet Cafe directory

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