!Swaziland Swaziland is a country, Region - Southern Africa, Capital - Mbabane / Lobamba, Population in 2003 - 1,077,000, Population density - 62 per sq km, Surface area - 17,364 sq km, and Currency - lilangeni. It is mountainous, fertile, and rich in minerals. The Swazis are of Zulu stock. Formerly, this South African native State to the E. of the Transvaal, of which in 1893 it became a dependency of Britain, retaining its own laws and native chief.