What the records say
- When
- 1968
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Swaziland
- Coordinates
- 26.53° S, 31.47° E
- Process
- unknown
- Type
- Unknown process (often independences)
- Pop
- 442195
- Area km2
- 17400
- Gaining
- Eswatini
- Losing
- United Kingdom
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Eswatini
Country in Southern Africa
Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on all sides except the east, where it shares a border with Mozambique. At no more than 200 km (120 mi) north to south and 130 km (81 mi) east to west, Eswatini is the second smallest country in continental Africa.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation
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- 1965 Durban rail accident4 Oct 1965 · Rail accident
- United Kingdom → Lesotho (unknown)1966 · Territorial change
- 1970 Lesotho coup d'état30 Jan 1970 · Coup