| Africa > Southern Africa > Botswana | |
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| Official Name Republic of Botswana | |
| Motto Rain | |
| Region Africa | |
| Sub-Region Southern Africa | |
| Capital Gaborone | |
| Currency Botswana Pula (BWP) | |
| Independence Day 30 Sep 1966: Independence from the United Kingdom in 1966. | |
| Population 2,024,904 | |
| Nationality Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural) | |
| Ethnic Group 79% Tswana, 11% Kalanga, 3% Basarwa, 3% Kgalagadi, 3% White, 1% others | |
| Area 582,000 km2 | |
| Neighbor Countries Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe | |
| Time Zone Central Africa Time (UTC+2) | |
| Geo Location Latitude -22.00, Longitude 24.00 | |
| Dialing Code +267 | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 2 code BW | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 3 code BWA | |
| ISO 9166 numeric 3 code 072 | |
| Code for International Olympic Committee BOT | |
| Country Domain (ccTLD) .bw | |