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  • Title: Swaziland.
    Author: United States. Department of State. Bureau of Public Affairs. Office of Public Communication.
    Journal: Backgr Notes Ser; 1993 Apr; ():1-4. PubMed ID: 12178057.
    Abstract:
    Swaziland is a country of 17,363 sq km with 860,000 inhabitants, of whom 64% are literate. Independence was gained on September 6, 1968. The terrain consists of mountains and plateaus, with a climate variously near-temperature, subtropical, and semi-arid. English and SiSwati are spoken by Swazi, Zulu, and non-African ethnic groups, who variously hold Christian and indigenous beliefs. Life expectancy ranges between 53 and 60 years, GDP is $704 million, growing at a rate of 7%. Per capita income is $900. The country's natural resources include asbestos, coal, diamonds, timber, hydroelectric power, and clay. Sugar cane, corn, citrus, fruit, livestock, wood, pineapple, cotton, tobacco, and light manufactured and processed goods are areas of economic production. Motor vehicles, heavy machinery, fuel and lubricants, foodstuffs, and clothing are imported, and sugar, soft drink concentrate, woodpulp and wood products, manufactures, canned fruit, asbestos, and meat products are exported. In-depth information is also given on the people and history, government and principal officials, political conditions, the economy, defense, foreign relations, relations with the US, and names of US officials in the country.
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