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TransportationAirports World Ranking: 146
15 (2012)
Airports - with paved runways
Total 2
Over 3,047 m 1 2,438 to 3,047 m 1 (2012) Airports - with unpaved runways
Total 13
914 to 1,523 m 6 Under 914 m 7 (2012) Railways World Ranking: 120
Total 301 km
Narrow gauge 301 km 1.067-m gauge (2008) Roadways World Ranking: 160
Total 3,594 km
Paved 1,078 km Unpaved 2,516 km (2002)
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Swaziland (Mbabane):
 
GPS points from Swaziland (Mbabane)
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Autonomy for the Swazis of southern Africa was guaranteed by the British in the late 19th century; independence was granted in 1968. Student and labor unrest during the 1990s pressured King MSWATI III, Africa's last absolute monarch, to grudgingly allow political reform and greater democracy, although he has backslid on these promises in recent years. A constitution came into effect in 2006, but the legal status of political parties remains unclear. The African United Democratic Party tried unsuccessfully to register as an official political party in mid 2006. Talks over the constitution broke down between the government and progressive groups in 2007. Swaziland recently surpassed Botswana as the country with the world's highest known HIV/AIDS prevalence rate.