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Official Name :

REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA

Land Area:585,370 square kilometres / 225,142 square miles.
Population:1,591,232 (est July 2002). Density 2.7 persons per square kilometre.
Languages:English and Setswana (both official), Ndebe, Hottentot, Shona, others.
Religions: Traditional 70%, Christian 30%.
Capital:Gaborone. Population 147,000
Currency:Botswana pula, divided into 100 cents.
Independant:30 September 1966, from United Kingdom.
Geography:Dominated by the Southern African Plateau running north-south (average elevation 1000m) that separates the relatively fertile and populous eastern grassland (veld) along the Limpopo River from the Okavango, Kgalagadi and Kalahari regions in the west. Over 80% of the country is savannah or scrubland, with actual forest confined to the Chobe region in the north. The Okavango river is a wonderful curiosity, ending as the largest inland delta in the world.

National Flag - Ratio 2:3
Position in Africa
National flag of Botswana.
Position of Botswana in Africa
Climate in Gaborone - elevation 1000m /3280ft
temperature in Gaborone, Botswana.
Rainfall in Gaborone, Botswana.
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