Uhi ʻo Swaziland i kahi o 17,000 mau kilomika kilomika. He ʻāina paʻa ʻāina ia ma ka hikina hikina o ʻApelika. Ua puni ʻo ʻApelika Hema i ka ʻākau, ke komohana a me ke kūkulu hema, a me nā hoalauna ʻo Mozambique ma ka hikina. Aia ia ma ka pali hikina o ka mauna Drakensberg ma ka lihi hikina hikina o ka Hema o ʻApelika Hema. Mai ka hikina a ke komohana, piʻi ia mai 100 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai a i nā mika he 1800, e hana ana i kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, waena a kiʻekiʻe ʻekolu pae me kahi ʻāpana like. Nui nā kahawai, mauna ka palena hikina, a he nui nā kahakai pali kahawai. He ani subtropical kona, hoʻololi ke aniau i ka ʻāina, anuanu a mehana ka komohana, a wela a maloʻo ka hikina. ʻO Swaziland, ka inoa piha o ke Aupuni ʻo Swaziland, aia ia ma ka hema hikina o ʻApelika a he ʻāina paʻa ʻāina ia. Ua puni ʻo ʻApelika Hema i ka ʻākau, ke komohana a me ke kūkulu hema, a me nā hoanoho ʻo Mozambique ma ka hikina. Aia ia ma ka pali hikina o ka mauna Drakensberg ma ka lihi hikina hikina o ka Hema o ʻApelika Hema. Mai ka hikina a ke komohana, piʻi ia mai 100 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai a i nā mika he 1800, e hana ana i kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, waena a kiʻekiʻe ʻekolu pae me kahi ʻāpana like. Nā muliwai he nui. Loaʻa kahi aniau subtropical. I ka hopena o ke kenekulia 15, ua neʻe iki nā Swazis mai ka hema o ʻApelika Waena a me ʻApelika Hikina. Noho lākou ma aneʻi a hoʻokumu i aupuni ma ke kenekulia 16. Ua lilo ʻo Swaziland i pale pale Pelekane ma 1907. I Nowemapa 1963, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Pelekane i ke kumukānāwai mua o Swaziland, e ʻōlelo ana e alakaʻi ʻia ʻo Swaziland e nā komisina Pelekane. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia kahi kumukānāwai kūʻokoʻa i Pepeluali 1967. Ma Kepakemapa 6, 1968, ua hoʻolaha kūʻokoʻa ʻo Swaziland i kona kūʻokoʻa a noho i ka Commonwealth. hae aupuni: he huinahā lōʻihi me ka lakio o ka lōʻihi i ka laulā o 3: 2. ʻO ka waena o ka hae kahi magenta huinahā kaulike, me nā ʻaoʻao ʻulaʻula melemele a me nā ʻaoʻao polū ākea ma luna a ma lalo. I waenakonu o ka fuchsia huinahā ua pena ʻia kahi kumu hoʻohālike e like me ka pale kaua i ka hōʻailona aupuni o Swaziland. Hōʻailona ʻo Fuchsia i nā kaua lehulehu ʻole i ka mōʻaukala, hōʻike ka melemele i nā kumuwaiwai momona waiwai, a me ka polū e hōʻike i ka maluhia. ʻO ka heluna kanaka he 966,000 (helu helu ma 1997), 90% o lākou he Swaziland, a ʻo ke koena he lāhui hui ʻEulopa a me ʻApelika. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ka ʻōlelo Pelekania maʻamau a me ka ʻōlelo Swati. Ma kahi o 60% o ka poʻe e manaʻoʻiʻo i ka hoʻomana Kalikiano Protestant a me ka Kakolika, a ʻo ke koena e manaʻoʻiʻo i nā hoʻomana kahiko. |