Botswana

E15169
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.

BWA → represents → Botswana ⓘ
Afrikaans → spokenIn → Botswana ⓘ
Khoe languages → spokenIn → Botswana ⓘ
Khoe-Kwadi → spokenIn → Botswana ⓘ
Lozi → spokenIn → Botswana ⓘ
Nama → spokenIn → Botswana ⓘ
Northern Ndebele → spokenIn → Botswana ⓘ
Sesotho → spokenIn → Botswana ⓘ
Setswana → spokenIn → Botswana ⓘ
Shona → spokenIn → Botswana ⓘ
Southern Bantu → spokenIn → Botswana ⓘ
Tshivenda → spokenIn → Botswana ⓘ
BWP → usedIn → Botswana ⓘ
Botswana pula → usedIn → Botswana ⓘ
thebe → usedIn → Botswana ⓘ
First Lady → usedInCountry → Botswana ⓘ