Editing Transport in Eswatini

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Public transport is the main means of transportation in [[Eswatini]]. Car ownership is low, at 89 cars per 1,000 people (2014), with a total of 297,000 vehicles on the local roads.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IS.VEH.NVEH.P3|title=World Bank Data: Motor vehicles (per 1,000 people)|publisher=[[The World Bank]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209114811/http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IS.VEH.NVEH.P3|archive-date=February 9, 2014|access-date=2014-02-09|url-status=dead}} </ref> The National Road Network has 1500&nbsp;km of main roads and 2270&nbsp;km of district roads.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.sz/index.php/ministries-departments/ministry-of-public-works-a/roads-department?id=512 |access-date=2022-02-19 |title=Ministry of Public Works &Transport – Roads Department }}</ref>

== Roads ==
''total:'' 3,594&nbsp;km
<br>''paved:'' 1,078&nbsp;km
<br>''unpaved:'' 2,516&nbsp;km (2002)

Amongst its roadway network, the main roads are:

*MR1 [[Mbabane]] - [[Piggs Peak]] - Jeppes Reef, border with [[South Africa]].
*MR3 Ngwenya, border with [[South Africa]] - [[Mbabane]] - [[Manzini, Swaziland|Manzini]] - Hlane - Lomashasha, border with [[Mozambique]]. This is the most important highway.
*MR8 [[Manzini, Swaziland|Manzini]] - [[Big Bend, Swaziland|Big Bend]] - Lavumisa, border with [[South Africa]].
*MR9 [[Manzini, Swaziland|Manzini]] - [[Nhlangano]] - Mahamba, border with [[South Africa]].
*MR11 [[Nhlangano]] - Lavumisa, border with [[South Africa]].
*MR19 [[Mbabane]] - Nertson, border with [[South Africa]].

The MR3 road also includes a section, going from the Ngwenya border crossing, through Mbabane and until Manzini, with 4 lanes and has been upgraded as a [[motorway]]. This motorway section has a length of 56&nbsp;km.

== Railways ==
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<br>''total:''
301&nbsp;km (2008), 297&nbsp;km; note - includes 71&nbsp;km which are not in use (1997 est.)
<br>''narrow gauge:''
301&nbsp;km (2008), 297&nbsp;km {{RailGauge|1067mm}} gauge (1997 est.)

== Airports ==
The country's main airport is [[King Mswati III International Airport]], which has a 3,600m runway.  The other paved airport is [[Matsapha Airport]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.times.co.sz/index.php?news=19000
|access-date=2010-08-15
|title=Sikhuphe to receive the world early next year
}}</ref>

=== Other airports - with unpaved runways ===
<br>''total:'' 13
<br>''914 to 1,523 m:'' 6
<br>''under 914 m:'' 7 (2012)

== See also ==
* [[Eswatini]]
* [[List of airports in Eswatini]]

== References ==
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{{Transport in Eswatini}}
{{Economy of Eswatini}}
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