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Flag description: light blue with a horizontal white-edged black stripe in the center. .

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Additional information about Botswana

Official country name: Republic of Botswana

Short name: Botswana
Local names (long and short forms): Republic of Botswana / Botswana
Former name: Bechuanaland
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Nationality noun / adjective: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural) / Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)

Languages spoken: Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English 2.1% (official), other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census). .

Capital: Gaborone (GMT 2.0, summertime: )

Government type: parliamentary republic

Population: 1842323 ranked 149, (data 2008)

Geography: population concentrated in eastern part of the country. The lowest point is junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m and the highest point is Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m. .

Coastline: Coastline km - landlocked. .

Land borders: Botswana has a total of 4013 km landborders, bordering to Namibia 1,360 km, South Africa 1,840 km, Zimbabwe 813 km. . .

Administrative divisions: 9 districts and 5 town councils*; Central, Francistown*, Gaborone*, Ghanzi, Jwaneng*, Kgalagadi, Kgatleng, Kweneng, Lobatse*, Northeast, Northwest, Selebi-Pikwe*, Southeast, Southern

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Independence: 30 September 1966 (from UK)