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Updates: 

I've discovered that the postal code structure is a little more regular than I knew.

Some versions of FIPS PUB 10-4 listed a fifth district, Praslin (code WZ05). The 1996 draft version of ISO 3166-2 copied it from FIPS, assigning it the code SZ-PR. It was dropped from the 1998 official version of ISO, and from FIPS. I haven't been able to find any other mention of Praslin as a geographical name in Swaziland. There is a Praslin Island in the Seychelles. The FIPS entry was apparently a mistake.

Country overview: 

Short name	SWAZILAND
ISO code	SZ
FIPS code	WZ
Language	English (en), siSwati (ss)
Time zone	+2
Capital	Mbabane, Lobamba

 

Swaziland was a British protectorate from 1903 until 1968-09-06, when it became independent.

Other names of country: 

1. Danish: Swaziland
2. Dutch: Swaziland, Koninkrijk Swaziland (formal)
3. English: Kingdom of Swaziland (formal), Ngwane (variant)
4. Finnish: Swazimaa
5. French: Swaziland m
6. German: Swasiland n
7. Icelandic: Svasíland
8. Italian: Swaziland m
9. Norwegian: Swaziland, Kongeriket Swaziland (formal)
10. Portuguese: Suazilândia, Reino m da Suazilândia f (formal)
11. siSwati: Umbuso weSwatini (formal)
12. Spanish: Suazilandia, Swazilandia, Reino m de Swazilandia (formal)
13. Swedish: Swaziland

Origin of name: 

after King Mswati I (mid-19th century)

Primary subdivisions: 

Swaziland is divided into four districts.

District	HASC	FIPS	Code	Phone	Pop-1997	Pop-1986	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital
Hhohho	SZ.HH	WZ01	H1	4	262,203	178,936	3,569	1,378	Mbabane
Lubombo	SZ.LU	WZ02	L3	3	198,109	153,958	5,945	2,295	Siteki
Manzini	SZ.MA	WZ03	M2	5	287,949	192,596	4,070	1,571	Manzini
Shiselweni	SZ.SH	WZ04	S4	2	217,598	155,569	3,779	1,459	Hlatikulu
4 districts					965,859	681,059	17,363	6,703
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. If periods are replaced by hyphens, these are the same as the district codes from the standard ISO 3166-2. FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4. Code: Swaziland uses postal codes have the format annn, where a is a letter and n is a digit. The letter and first digit are determined by the district. The letter also appears as the rightmost character on license plates of vehicles registered in the district (source [2]). Phone: First digit of telephone access code for places in the district. Pop-1997: 1997 census (source [1]). Pop-1986: 1986 census

Change history: 

At independence, Swaziland was reorganized from six districts (Bremersdorp, Hlatikulu, Mankaiana, Mbabane, Pigg's Peak, and Stegi) into the present four.

Other names of subdivisions: 

Shiselweni: Shiselwini (variant)

Sources:

1. [1] "1997 Population and Housing census of Swaziland", provisional results (http://www.ecs.co.sz/cca/cca_6.htm, retrieved 2001-08-06). Totals include persons outside Swaziland.
2. [2] Where's That Vehicle Come From? , retrieved 2009-01-31.