Factsheet:
Swaziland
Capital: Mbabane, largest town
Area: 17,365 square km
Languages: English, Swazi (both
official)
Currency: Emalangeni (E), on
a par with South African Rand
Total plant species: 3,400
Total plant endemics: 12
Total RDL plants: 305
Focal RDL institutions: SDNH
Number of Protected Areas: six
nature reserves managed by the SNTC, three managed by the Big Game Parks.
Population: 1,091,470 Growth Rate: 2.9% Density: 55.7 people/square km
Phytogeography: Predominantly
Tonga–Pondoland Regional Mosaic, with Kalahari–Highveld Regional Mosaic
in the west.
Flora: North Eastern Mountain
Grassland to the west of the country with pockets of Afromontane forest
merging eastwards into savanna scrub woodlands (mainly Sour Lowveld Bushveld,
Sweet Lowveld Bushveld and Lebombo Arid Mountian Bushveld).
Sources: Anonymous 2000, Braun
& Dlamini 1994, Low & Rebelo 1998, Stuart & Adams 1990, White
1983
