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Botswana

Botswana If you are looking for an adventure, this is the place. Here you can explore the wilderness of savannas, desert and wetlands. You must go and see the amazing Okavango Delta, called the river which never finds the sea, because it desappears into a maze of lagoons and wildness. You can also visit cities like Gaborone and see the interesting museums.

Area: 581.883 Km²
Population: 1.586.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 2,5 pop/Km²

System of government: Presidential republic
Capital: Gaborone (134.000 pop.)
Major cities: Francistown 50.000 pop.
Ethnic majority: Bantu Sotho-Tswana 90%, Kalanga, Basarwa, Kgalagadi and others 9%, White 1%
Border countries: Zimbabwe EAST, South Africa SOUTH, Namibia WEST and NORTH

Principal mountains: Mount Otse 1489 m
Principal rivers: Limpopo 480 Km (batswana tract, total 1600 Km)
Principal lakes: Makgadikgadi Pans
Principal islands: -
Climate: Continental arid

Language: English (official), Setswana, Shona
Religion: Indigenous Beliefs 50%, Christian 50%
Currency: Pula (BWP)

Fixed public holidays: 1/1, 2/1, 1/5, 1/7, 15/7, 16/7, 30/9, 25/12, 26/12
Dialling code: 00267
GMT: +2

World Heritage List:

• Tsodilo (2001)

All state

Algeria	Angola	Benin
Botswana	Burkina Faso	Burundi
Cameroon	Cape Verde	Central African Republic
Chad	Comoros	Congo
Congo, Democratic Rep	Cote d Ivoire	Djibouti
Egypt	Equatorial Guinea	Eritrea
Ethiopia	Gabon	Gambia
Ghana	Guinea	Guinea Bissau
Kenya	Lesotho	Liberia
Libya	Madagascar	Malawi
Mali	Mauritania	Mauritius
Morocco	Mozambique	Namibia
Niger	Nigeria	Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe	Senegal	Seychelles
Sierra Leone	Somalia	South Africa
Sudan	Swaziland	Tanzania
Togo	Tunisia	Uganda
Zambia	Zimbabwe