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🏛️ How a country reclaimed its rightful name
Eswatini's official name change in 2018


🕐 2 min read · Updated 3 Apr 2026 at 00:35
📌 Fast Facts
  • Official name changed from Swaziland to Eswatini in April 2018
  • King Mswati III announced the change during the 50th anniversary of independence
  • Eswatini is the Swati language name meaning "land of the Swati people"
  • Located in southern Africa between South Africa and Mozambique

On 19 April 2018, King Mswati III of Swaziland announced that the kingdom would officially reclaim its indigenous ...

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