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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Botswana 
 Main prefix
 A2 
 Time zone
 +2 h 
 Continent
 Africa 
 
          Botswana          
 
 Botswana 

 Botswana - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Botswana          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Light blue with a horizontal white-edged black stripe in the center.
 
          Botswana          
 
 Botswana 
 Capital: 
Gaborone
 Administrative
 divisions: 
10 districts, four town councils*, and two city councils**: Central, Chobe, Francistown**, Gaborone**, Ghanzi, Jwaneng*, Kgalagadi, Kgatleng, Kweneng, Lobatse*, North East, North West, Selebi-Phikwe*, South East, Southern, Sowa Town*.
 Population: 
1,815,508 (July 2007 est.)
Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS, this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.
 Languages: 
English (official), Setswana
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
22° 00' S, 24° 00' E
 Area total: 
600,370 sq. km
 Land area: 
585,370 sq. km
 Water area: 
15,000 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
4,013 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Namibia 1,360 km, South Africa 1,840 km, Zimbabwe 813 km
 Coastline: 
0 km (landlocked)
 Elevation
 extremes: 
junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m - Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.bw
 Currency: 
pula (BWP)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of Botswana
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Botswana
 Former name: 
Bechuanaland
 Independence: 
30 September 1966 (from UK)
 Constitution: 
March 1965, effective 30 September 1966
 Government
 type: 
parliamentary republic
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day (Botswana Day), 30 September (1966)
 
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