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.

BWP → currencyOf → Botswana ⓘ
Botswana → demonym → Botswana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motswana
Psammobates → distribution → Botswana ⓘ
Cuando River → flowsThrough → Botswana ⓘ
Botswana → formerName → Botswana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bechuanaland Protectorate
Plumtree → hasBorderPostWith → Botswana ⓘ
Southern Africa → hasCountry → Botswana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of Botswana
subject surface form: Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community
this entity surface form: Bechuanaland
Gaborone → isCapitalOf → Botswana ⓘ
Gaborone → isEconomicCenterOf → Botswana ⓘ
Setswana → isIndigenousTo → Botswana ⓘ
Gaborone → isLargestCityOf → Botswana ⓘ
Botswana pula → isLegalTenderIn → Botswana ⓘ
Gaborone → isPoliticalCenterOf → Botswana ⓘ
BWA → isStableIdentifierFor → Botswana ⓘ
Bank of Botswana → jurisdiction → Botswana ⓘ
Ntlo ya Dikgosi → jurisdiction → Botswana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of Botswana
BWP → legalTenderIn → Botswana ⓘ
Diamond → majorProducerCountry → Botswana ⓘ
Setswana → majorityLanguageIn → Botswana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of Botswana
BWP → monetaryRegion → Botswana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of Botswana
Oryx gazella → nativeTo → Botswana ⓘ
tent tortoise → nativeTo → Botswana ⓘ
Livingstone → nearBorderWith → Botswana ⓘ
BWP → officialCurrencyOf → Botswana ⓘ
Setswana → officialLanguageOf → Botswana ⓘ
Sanlam → operatesIn → Botswana ⓘ
Zambezi Basin → partlyIn → Botswana ⓘ
Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Botswana ⓘ
Tswana people → primaryCountry → Botswana ⓘ