trus,
pineapples, corn, sorghum, peanuts; cattle, goats, sheep

Exports: $798 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
commodities: sugar, edible concentrates, wood pulp, cotton yarn,
asbestos
partners: South Africa 50%, EU countries, Canada

Imports: $827 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
commodities: motor vehicles, machinery, transport equipment,
petroleum products, foodstuffs, chemicals
partners: South Africa 90%, Switzerland, UK 2.6%

External debt: $240 million (1992)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA

Currency: 1 lilangeni (E) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: emalangeni (E) per US$1 - 3.6417 (January 1996),
3.6266 (1995), 3.5490 (1994), 3.2636 (1993), 2.8497 (1992), 2.7563
(1991), 2.5863 (1990); note - the Swazi emalangeni is at par with
the South African rand

Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 297 km; note - includes 71 km which are not in use
narrow gauge: 297 km 1.067-m gauge (single track)

Highways:
total: 2,960 km
paved: 804 km
unpaved: 2,156 km (1993 est.)

Ports: none

Airports:
total: 17
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 10
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 6 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 30,364 (1993 est.)

Telephone system:
domestic: system consists of carrier-equipped, open-wire lines and
low-capacity, microwave radio relay
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 6, shortwave 0

Radios: 129,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 10

Televisions: 12,500 (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (Army), Royal Swaziland
Police Force

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 220,097
males fit for military service: 127,285 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $22 million, NA%
of GDP (FY93/94)

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Map
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Location: 62 00 N, 15 00 E -- Northern Europe, bordering the
Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Skagerrak, between Finland and
Norway

Flag
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Description: blue with a yellow cross that extends to the edges of
the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist
side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)

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