Eswatini

Eswatini (or Swaziland) is a country in Africa. It is officially the Kingdom of eSwatini (Umbuso weSwatini). It was called Swaziland until April 2018.
Overview
The capital of Eswatini is Mbabane. The country is named after the 19th-century king Mswati II. ESwatini was colonized by the British and the Boers at the end of the 19th century. 
Eswatini is a small country. It is no more than  north to south and  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 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. Part of the reason was that the old name sounded too similar to Switzerland.

 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. In 1996, the primary school enrollment rate was 90.8%. Girls and boys both attended at the primary level. In 1998, 80.5% of children reached grade five. 

The University of eSwatini provides higher education.

 Demographics 

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

82.70% of the people are 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 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.

SiSwati and English are the official languages.  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. Tsonga is spoken by about 19,000 people in Swaziland. Afrikaans is also spoken by some residents of Afrikaner descent.


 Districts 
ESwatini is divided into four districts:
 Hhohho
 Lubombo
 Manzini
 Shiselweni

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

 References 

 Other websites 

 Online Information about Swaziland

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