Botswana

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landlocked country sovereign state

Botswana is a landlocked country in Southern Africa known for its stable democracy, significant diamond resources, and vast wildlife-rich landscapes including the Okavango Delta.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Republic of Botswana 5
Bechuanaland 2
Bechuanaland Protectorate 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf landlocked country ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
AUMemberState true ⓘ
borderCountry Namibia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
callingCode +267 ⓘ
capital Gaborone ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
currency Botswana pula ⓘ
currencyCode BWP ⓘ
demonym Tswana people ⓘ
surface form: Batswana

Botswana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Motswana
drivesOnThe left ⓘ
formerName Botswana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bechuanaland Protectorate
governmentType multi-party democracy ⓘ
parliamentary republic ⓘ
hasRegion Chobe National Park ⓘ
Kalahari Desert ⓘ
Makgadikgadi Pans region ⓘ
surface form: Makgadikgadi Pan

Okavango Delta ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of Botswana ⓘ
IMFMember true ⓘ
independenceDate 1966-09-30 ⓘ
independenceFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
internetTLD .bw ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2 BW ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3 BWA ⓘ
largestCity Gaborone ⓘ
legislature National Assembly of Botswana ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Tswana people ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
nationalLanguage Setswana ⓘ
notableFor significant diamond resources ⓘ
stable democracy ⓘ
wildlife-rich landscapes ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
officialReligion none ⓘ
primaryExport beef ⓘ
copper ⓘ
diamonds ⓘ
nickel ⓘ
SADCMembership true ⓘ
subregion Southern Africa ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
UNMemberState true ⓘ
upperHouse Ntlo ya Dikgosi ⓘ
UTCOffset +2 ⓘ
WorldBankMember true ⓘ

Referenced by (120)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

nde → alsoSpokenIn → Botswana ⓘ
Roman-Dutch law → appliedIn → Botswana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of Botswana
Bantu languages → areSpokenIn → Botswana ⓘ
Limpopo River → basinCountries → Botswana ⓘ
Notwane River → basinCountry → Botswana ⓘ
Orange River → basinCountry → Botswana ⓘ
Zambezi River → basinCountry → Botswana ⓘ
Gaborone → becameCapitalOf → Botswana ⓘ
Namibia → borderCountry → Botswana ⓘ
Zimbabwe → borderCountry → Botswana ⓘ
Matabeleland North → borderWith → Botswana ⓘ
Matabeleland South → borderWith → Botswana ⓘ
Northern Cape → borderWith → Botswana ⓘ
Plumtree → borderWith → Botswana ⓘ
Zambezi Region → borderWith → Botswana ⓘ
North West → borderedBy → Botswana ⓘ
Transvaal → borderedBy → Botswana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bechuanaland
Zambia → borderedBy → Botswana ⓘ
Limpopo → bordersCountry → Botswana ⓘ
Matabeleland → bordersCountry → Botswana ⓘ
South Africa → bordersCountry → Botswana ⓘ
Zambezi Region → bordersCountry → Botswana ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa → contains → Botswana ⓘ
BWP → country → Botswana ⓘ
Bank of Botswana → country → Botswana ⓘ
Botswana pula → country → Botswana ⓘ
Chobe National Park → country → Botswana ⓘ
Cuando River → country → Botswana ⓘ
Francistown → country → Botswana ⓘ
Gaborone → country → Botswana ⓘ
Kalahari Basin → country → Botswana ⓘ
Kalahari Desert → country → Botswana ⓘ
Khoisan peoples → country → Botswana ⓘ
Nama people → country → Botswana ⓘ
Notwane River → country → Botswana ⓘ
Ntlo ya Dikgosi → country → Botswana ⓘ
Okavango Delta → country → Botswana ⓘ
President of Botswana → country → Botswana ⓘ
Zambezi Basin → country → Botswana ⓘ
thebe → country → Botswana ⓘ