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Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70% of its territory being a part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by Zimbabwe to the northeast, Namibia to the west and north, Zambia (via a tiny border of Chobe District) to the north, and South Africa to…

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Calling code
+267
Currency
Pula (BWP)
Date format
dd/mm/yyyy
Demonyms
Batswana (plural) · Motswana (singular)
Ethnic groups (2024)
79% Tswana · 11% Kalanga · 3% San · 7% others[a]
GDP (nominal)
2026 estimate

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Botswana

Nodes343
Edges342
Triples492
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005831
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Botswana

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related to Sports · 36
Botswana → Africa Badminton Federation, Africa Cup, African, Amantle Montsho, Athletics, August, Baboloki Thebe, Botswana's, Championship, Commonwealth Games, Dakar Rally, Football, High, In, International Badminton Federation, International Cricket Council, Isaac Makwala, Kabelo Kgosiemang, Letsile Tebogo, Men's
related to Independence · 31
Botswana → An, April, Based, Botswana Defence Force, Botswana's, Commander, December, February, Festus Mogae, Gaborone, He, Ian Khama, In June, International Court, It, Justice, Kasikili Island, Khama, London, Mahikeng
related to Languages · 25
Botswana → Afrikaans, Ba, Bantu, Batswana, Bo, English, For, In Setswana, Kalanga, Kgalagadi, Mo, Motswana, Ndebele, Other, Sarwa, Se, Sekalanga, Sesarwa, Setswana, The
related to Mfecane and Batswana-Boer Wars · 25
Botswana → Although, AmaNdebele, Bakgalagadi, Bakololo, Bangwaketse, Bangwato, Batawana, Batswana, Bushmen, By, Cape Colony-based, During, Kalanga, Makaba II, Mfecane, Only, San, South Africa, The, The Bakololo
related to Works cited · 24
Botswana → BDP, Benza, Bolt, Botswana's Masisi, Brian, Clark, Dionne, Ellen, Hillbom, How, ISBN, Jutta, Kim Yi, Leith, May, McGill-Queen's University Press, Modern Economic History, October, Palgrave Macmillan, Retrieved
related to Foreign relations and military · 23
Botswana → Africa Command, AFRICOM, At, BDF, BDF's, Botswana Defence Force, Following, In, It, Nuclear Weapons, Prohibition, Rhodesian, Sizwe, South Africa, South African, The, The Botswana, The United States, Umkhonto, UN
related to Demographics · 22
Botswana → As, Baherero, Bakgalagadi, Bambukushu, Basarwa, Basubia, Bayei, Indian, Indians, Kalanga, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Native, San, South Africa, Southern African, Tanzania, The, The Indian
related to Colonialism · 21
Botswana → Africa, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Berlin Conference, Britain, British, British South Africa Company, Cape Colony, Despite, During, England, German Empire, In, It, Jameson Raid, January, North, Road, Scramble, This, Tswana
related to Government and politics · 21
Botswana → Africa, Appeal, Botswana's, Cases, Constitution, Court, Dikgosi, Gaborone, High Court, It, Its, Local, Magistrates' Courts, National Assembly, Ntlo, President, The, The Parliament, They, Tswana
related to Infrastructure · 19
Botswana → Africa, Air Botswana, Botswana Railways, Botswana's, Energy Security, Green Technology, In, Mineral Resources, Ministry, Mmamabula Power Station, Morupule, MW, Of, Orapa Power Station, Phakalane Power Station, Power Station, Recently, Southern African, The

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africa country government botswana's years tswana 2024 african south people one national southern land first batswana since development president san

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BotswanaCalling code+2671.00infobox
BotswanaCapitaland largest cityGaborone .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct…1.00infobox
BotswanaCurrencyPula (BWP)1.00infobox
BotswanaDate formatdd/mm/yyyy1.00infobox
BotswanaDemonymsBatswana (plural)1.00infobox
BotswanaDemonymsMotswana (singular)1.00infobox
BotswanaEthnic groups (2024)79% Tswana1.00infobox
BotswanaEthnic groups (2024)11% Kalanga1.00infobox
BotswanaEthnic groups (2024)3% San1.00infobox
BotswanaEthnic groups (2024)7% others[a]1.00infobox
BotswanaGDP (nominal)2026 estimate1.00infobox
BotswanaGDP .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(PPP)2026 estimate1.00infobox
BotswanaGini (2016)45.5 @media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-them…1.00infobox
BotswanaGovernmentUnitary parliamentary republic with an executive presidency1.00infobox
BotswanaHDI (2023)0.731 high (111th)1.00infobox
BotswanaInternet TLD.bw1.00infobox
BotswanaISO 3166 codeBW1.00infobox
BotswanaLegislatureParliament (National Assembly)1.00infobox
BotswanaNational languageTswana1.00infobox
BotswanaOfficial languagesEnglish1.00infobox
BotswanaReligion (2021).mw-parser-output div.treelist{display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .treelist ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treelist li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style:none;position:rel…1.00infobox
BotswanaReligion (2021)79.1% Christianity 70.2% Protestantism 8.9% other Christian1.00infobox
BotswanaReligion (2021)70.2% Protestantism1.00infobox
BotswanaReligion (2021)8.9% other Christian1.00infobox
BotswanaReligion (2021)15.2% no religion1.00infobox
BotswanaReligion (2021)4.1% Badimo1.00infobox
BotswanaReligion (2021)1.4% others[b]1.00infobox
BotswanaReligion (2021)0.3% unspecified1.00infobox
BotswanaTime zoneUTC+2 (Central Africa Time)1.00infobox
Botswana• 2022 census2,359,609 (143rd)1.00infobox

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