p, sugar
Agriculture:
accounts for 23% of GDP and over 60% of labor force; mostly
subsistence agriculture; cash crops - sugarcane, cotton, maize,
tobacco, rice, citrus fruit, pineapples; other crops and livestock -
corn, sorghum, peanuts, cattle, goats, sheep; not self-sufficient in
grain
Economic aid:
recipient:
bilateral aid (1991) $35 million of which US disbursements $12
million, UK disbursements $6 million, and Denmark $2 million;
multilateral aid (1991) $24 million of which EC disbursements $8
million
Currency:
1 lilangeni (E) = 100 cents
Exchange rates:
emalangeni (E) per US$1 -3.4551 (March 1994), 3.2636 (1993), 2.8497
(1992), 2.7563 (1991), 2.5863 (1990), 2.6166 (1989); note - the Swazi
emalangeni is at par with the South African rand
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March

@Swaziland, Communications

Railroads:
297 km (plus 71 km disused), 1.067-meter gauge, single track
Highways:
total:
2,853 km
paved:
510 km
unpaved:
crushed stone, gravel, stabilized earth 1,230 km; improved earth 1,113
km
Airports:
total:
23
usable:
21
with permanent-surface runways:
1
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
1
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
1
Telecommunications:
system consists of carrier-equipped open-wire lines and low-capacity
microwave links; 17,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 7 AM, 6 FM,
10 TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

@Swaziland, Defense Forces

Branches:
Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force, Royal Swaziland Police Force
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 204,608; fit for military service 118,380
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $22 million, NA% of GDP (FY93/94)

@Sweden, Geography

Location:
Nordic State, Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between
Norway and Finland
Map references:
Arctic Region, Asia, Europe, Standard Time Zones of the World
Area:
total area:
449,964 sq km
land area:
410,928 sq km
comparative area:
slightly smaller than California
Land boundaries:
total 2,205 km, Finland 586 km, Norway 1,619 km
Coastline:
3,218 km
Maritime claims:
continental shelf:
200-m depth or to depth of exploitation
exclusive fishing zone:
200 nm
territorial sea:
12 nm
International disputes:
none
Climate:
temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy
summers; subarctic in north
Terrain:
mostly flat or gentl