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Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...
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Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...
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Botswana Railways
Botswana Railways (BR) is the national railway of Botswana.
History
Botswana Railways (BR) was established in 1987 when the government of Botswana bought out the Botswana-based sections of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ). NRZ had bee ...
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Botswana diplomatic missions
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Sankuyo
Buildings and structures in Botswana
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Morupule Power Station
Morupule Thermal Power Station is a coal-fired power station in Botswana. It is responsible for an estimated 80 percent of the country's domestic power generation.
Location
The power station is located near the town of Palapye, in the Centra ...
Airports in Botswana
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List of airports in Botswana
This is a list of airports in Botswana, sorted by location.
Note: Only airports with an ICAO airport code and/or IATA airport code have been included. Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
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Sir Seretse Khama International Airport
Sir Seretse Khama International Airport , located north of downtown Gaborone, is the main international airport of the capital city of Botswana. The airport is named after Sir Seretse Khama, the first president of Botswana. It was opened in 198 ...
Archaeological sites in Botswana
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Tsodilo
The Tsodilo Hills are a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS), consisting of rock art, rock shelters, depressions, and caves in southern Africa. It gained its WHS listing in 2001 because of its unique religious and spiritual significance to local peo ...
Communications in Botswana
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Botswana Telecommunications Corporation
Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) is a telecommunications and Internet service provider in Botswana, and is headquartered in Gaborone. It provides telecommunications services throughout the country.
The company was formerly a gover ...
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Communications in Botswana Telecommunications in Botswana include newspapers, radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
In addition to the government-owned newspaper and national radio network, there is an active, independent press (six weekly newspap ...
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.bw
.bw is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD
A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code ...
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List of people on stamps of Botswana
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
Newspapers published in Botswana
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Mmegi
''Mmegi'' is an English-language national newspaper in Botswana, with occasional articles or comments in Setswana. Established in 1984, it is now published daily online and weekly on print format by Dikgang Publishing House in the capital, Gabor ...
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The Voice
The Voice may refer to:
Fictional entities
* The Voice or Presence, a fictional representation of God in DC Comics
* The Voice (''Dune''), a fictional ability in the ''Dune'' universe
* The Voice, a character in the American TV series ''Cleo ...
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The Botswana Gazette
''The Botswana Gazette'' is an English language newspaper published in Gaborone, Botswana.
In 2015, the paper's managing editor (Shike Olsen), its editor (Lawrence Seretse), a reporter (Innocent Selatlhwa) and the paper's lawyer (Joao Salban ...
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The Patriot''
Conservation in Botswana
National parks of Botswana
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List of national parks of Botswana
This is a list of protected areas in Botswana.
Peace parks
* Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area
National parks
* Chobe National Park
* Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
* Makgadikgadi Pans
* Nxai Pan National Park
Other protec ...
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Central Kalahari Game Reserve
Central Kalahari Game Reserve is an extensive national park in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana. Established in 1961 it covers an area of (larger than the Netherlands, and almost 10% of Botswana's total land area), making it the second largest game ...
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Chobe National Park
Chobe National Park is Botswana's first national park, and also the most biologically diverse. Located in the north of the country, it is Botswana's third largest park, after Central Kalahari Game Reserve and Gemsbok National Park, and has one ...
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Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is a large wildlife preserve and conservation area in southern Africa.
The park straddles the border between South Africa and Botswana and comprises two adjoining national parks:
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Khutse Game Reserve
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Makgadikgadi Pans National Park
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Mokolodi Nature Reserve
Mokolodi Nature Reserve is a private not-for-profit game reserve in southern Botswana. Founded in 1994 by The Mokolodi Wildlife Foundation, it is situated on of donated land, south of the capital Gaborone. The nature reserve is inhabited by a w ...
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Moremi Wildlife Reserve
Moremi Game Reserve is a protected area in Botswana. It lies on the eastern side of the Okavango Delta and was named after Chief Moremi of the BaTawana tribe. Moremi was designated as a game reserve, rather than a national park, when it was c ...
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Nxai Pan National Park
Nxai Pan National Park is a national park in north-eastern Botswana, consisting of Nxai Pan, which is one of the Makgadikgadi Pan salt flats. Nxai Pan National Park lies just north of the Maun-Nata main road and adjoins Makgadikgadi Pans Nation ...
Botswana culture
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Culture of Botswana
Besides referring to the language of the dominant people groups in Botswana, '' Setswana'' is the adjective used to describe the rich cultural traditions of the Batswana - whether construed as members of the Setswana ethnic groups or of all ci ...
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Badimo Badimo ( Tswana '' badimo'', literally "ancestors") is a name for the indigenous African Traditional Religion of Botswana & South Africa. Although the CIA Factbook currently states that four percent of Batswana are practitioners, in reality a great ...
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Cuisine of Botswana
The cuisine of Botswana is unique but shares some characteristics with other cuisines of Southern Africa. Examples of Setswana food include '' pap'', '' samp'', '' vetkoek'', ''bogobe'' and mophane worms. A food unique to Botswana is ''seswaa'' ...
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Coat of arms of Botswana
The coat of arms of Botswana was adopted on 25 January 1966. The centre shield is supported by two zebras. The shape of the shield is that of traditional shields found in Southern Africa. On the top portion of the shield are three cogwheels that ...
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Fatshe leno la rona
"" (; "Blessed Be This Noble Land") is the national anthem of Botswana. The music was composed by Kgalemang Tumediso Motsete, who also authored the song's lyrics. It was adopted when the country became independent in 1966. Since independence, th ...
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Flag of Botswana
The national flag of Botswana ( Setswana: ''folaga ya Botswana'') consists of a sky blue field cut horizontally in the centre by a black stripe with a thin white frame. Adopted in 1966 to replace the Union Jack, it has been the flag of the Repu ...
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The Gods Must Be Crazy
''The Gods Must Be Crazy'' is a 1980 comedy film written, produced, edited and directed by Jamie Uys. An international co-production of South Africa and Botswana, it is the first film in ''The Gods Must Be Crazy'' series. Set in Southern Africa ...
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Presidents' Day (Botswana)
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Public holidays in Botswana
Public holidays in Botswana are largely controlled by government sector employers who are given paid time off. The government holiday schedule mainly benefits employees of government and government regulated businesses. At the discretion of the em ...
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Sport in Botswana''
Languages of Botswana
* shetapo language
* shekgalagari language
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Ikalanga language
Kalanga, or ''TjiKalanga'' (in Zimbabwe), is a Bantu language spoken by the Kalanga people in Botswana and Zimbabwe. It has an extensive phoneme inventory, which includes palatalised, velarised, aspirated and breathy-voiced consonants, as w ...
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!Xóõ language
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Bemba language
The Bemba language, ''ChiBemba'' (also ''Cibemba, Ichibemba, Icibemba'' and ''Chiwemba''), is a Bantu language spoken primarily in north-eastern Zambia by the Bemba people and as a lingua franca by about 18 related ethnic groups.
History
Bem ...
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G‖ana language
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Herero language
Herero (, ''Otjiherero'') is a Bantu language spoken by the Herero and Mbanderu peoples in Namibia and Botswana, as well as by small communities of people in southwestern Angola. There were 211,700 speakers in 2014.
Distribution
Its linguisti ...
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Ju languages
JU may refer to:
Names and people
* Joo (Korean name), surname and given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Jū (鞠), Chinese surname
* Ru (surname), romanized Ju in Wade–Giles
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Ju/’hoan language
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Lozi language
Lozi, also known as siLozi and Rozi, is a Bantu language of the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho–Tswana branch of Zone S (S.30), that is spoken by the Lozi people, primarily in southwestern Zambia and in surrounding co ...
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Nama language
The Khoekhoe language (), also known by the ethnic terms Nama (''Namagowab'') , Damara (''ǂNūkhoegowab''), or Nama/Damara and formerly as Hottentot, is the most widespread of the non-Bantu languages of Southern Africa that make heavy use o ...
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Shona language
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Shua language
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Sotho languages
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Tsoa language
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Tswana language
Tswana, also known by its native name , and previously spelled Sechuana in English, is a Bantu language spoken in Southern Africa by about 8.2 million people. It belongs to the Bantu language family within the Sotho-Tswana branch of Zon ...
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Tuu languages
The Tuu languages, or Taa–ǃKwi (Taa–ǃUi, ǃUi–Taa, Kwi) languages, are a language family consisting of two language clusters spoken in Botswana and South Africa. The relationship between the two clusters is not doubted, but is distant. ...
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‖Ani language
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‡Hõã language
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‡Kx’au‖’ein language
Botswana music
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Music of Botswana
Botswana is an African country made up of different ethnic groups, although Tswana people, Batswana are the majority of the population. Music is a large part of Culture of Botswana, Botswana culture, and includes popular and folk forms. Botswana c ...
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Botswana hip hop
Hip hop music has been popular in Africa since the early 1980s due to widespread United States, African American influence. In 1985, hip hop reached Senegal, a French-speaking country in West Africa. Some of the first Senegalese rappers were M.C. ...
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Tswana music
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Rock and Roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock 'n' roll, or rock 'n roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It originated from African-American music such as jazz, rhythm a ...
Government Parastatals
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Botswana Unified Revenue Service
Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) is the revenue service and a government agency of the Botswana government. Botswana Unified Revenue Service is responsible for collecting taxes and administering the Botswana Unified Revenue Service Act. ...
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Companies and Intellectual Property Authority
Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) is Botswana's registrar of companies and is a government parastatal. It falls under the Ministry of Trade and Industry. All forms of companies (as permitted by Botswana Companies and Intellectual ...
Economy of Botswana
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Economy of Botswana
The economy of Botswana is currently one of the world's fastest growing economies, averaging about 5% per annum over the past decade. Growth in private sector employment averaged about 10% per annum during the first 30 years of the country's inde ...
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Botswana pula
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Debswana
Debswana Diamond Company Limited, or simply Debswana, is a mining company located in Botswana, and is the world's leading producer of diamonds by value. Debswana operates four diamond mines in the eastern and central parts of Botswana, as well a ...
Companies of Botswana
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Airlines of Botswana
An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in which ...
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Botswana Telecommunications Corporation
Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) is a telecommunications and Internet service provider in Botswana, and is headquartered in Gaborone. It provides telecommunications services throughout the country.
The company was formerly a gover ...
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Choppies
Choppies Enterprises Limited is a Botswana multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. The retailer initially sold only food-based (both fresh groceries and wholesale long-life foods) and other f ...
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Consumer Watchdog
Consumer Watchdog (formerly the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights) is a non-profit, progressive organization which advocates for taxpayer and consumer interests, with a focus on insurance, health care, political reform, privacy and ener ...
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Coalbed methane
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Customized Software
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Impression House
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Mascom
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Moikabi Post
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Orange Botswana
Orange S.A. (), formerly France Télécom S.A. (stylized as france telecom) is a French multinational telecommunications corporation. It has 266 million customers worldwide and employs 89,000 people in France, and 59,000 elsewhere. In 2015, ...
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RVM Properties
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Thebe Botswana Advertiser
Thebe may refer to:
* Any of several female characters in Greek mythology - see List of mythological figures named Thebe
* Thebe (moon), a moon of Jupiter
* Thebe (currency), 1/100 of a Botswana pula
* Thebe, an Amazon
* Thebe, alternate name f ...
Mines in Botswana
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Damtshaa diamond mine
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Jwaneng diamond mine
The Jwaneng diamond mine is the richest diamond mine in the world and is located in south-central Botswana about west of the city of Gaborone, in the Naledi river valley of the Kalahari. Jwaneng, meaning "a place of small stones", is owned by ...
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Letlhakane diamond mine
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Morupule Colliery
The Morupule Colliery is a coal mine located in Palapye, Botswana, owned and operated by Debswana, a partnership between the government of Botswana and De Beers. The coalfield is composed of four main seams, only one of which, the No. 1 Seam, is ...
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Orapa diamond mine
The Orapa diamond mine is the world's largest diamond mine by area. The mine is located in Orapa, a town in the Central District of Botswana about west of the city of Francistown. Orapa ("resting place for lions") is owned by Debswana, a partn ...
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BCL Mine BCL may stand for:
Law & Politics
* Bachelor of Civil Law, the term used to describe a variety of legal degrees offered by universities in English-speaking countries (as distinct from Canon Law and Common Law)
* Bangladesh Chhatra League, the stud ...
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Tati Nickel Mine
Trade unions of Botswana
Botswana Federation of Trade Unions
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Air Botswana Employees' Union
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Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board Workers' Union
The Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board Workers' Union (BAMBWU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= S ...
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Botswana Bank Employees' Union
The Botswana Bank Employee's Union (BOBEU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlo ...
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Botswana Beverages & Allied Workers' Union
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Botswana Central Bank Staff Union
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Botswana Commercial & General Workers' Union
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Botswana Construction Workers' Union
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Botswana Diamond Sorters & Valuators' Union
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Botswana Federation of Trade Unions
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Botswana Hotel Travel & Tourism Workers' Union
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Botswana Housing Corporation Staff Union
The Botswana Housing Corporation Staff Union (BHCSU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), i ...
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Botswana Institute of Development Management Workers' Union
The Botswana Institute of Development Management Workers' Union (BDMWU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, lab ...
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Botswana Manufacturing & Packaging Workers' Union
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Botswana Meat Industry Workers' Union
The Botswana Meat Industry Workers' Union (BMIWU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a ...
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Botswana Mining Workers' Union
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Botswana National Development Bank Staff Union
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Botswana Postal Services Workers' Union
The Botswana Postal Services Workers' Union (BOPSWU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is ...
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Botswana Power Corporation Workers' Union
The Botswana Power Corporation Workers' Union (BPCWU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana.
See also
* Botswana Power Corporation
Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) is a state-owned company for ele ...
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Botswana Private Medical & Health Services Workers' Union
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Botswana Railways Amalgamated Workers' Union
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Botswana Saving Bank Employees' Union
The Botswana Saving Bank Employees' Union (BSEU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a l ...
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Botswana Telecommunication Employees' Union
The Botswana Telecommunication Employees' Union (BOTEU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ) ...
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Botswana Vaccine Institute Staff Union
The Botswana Vaccine Institute Staff Union (BVSU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a ...
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Botswana Wholesale, Furniture & Retail Workers' Union
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National Amalgamated Central, Local & Parastatal Manual Workers' Union
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Rural Industry Promotions Company Workers' Union
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University of Botswana Non-Academic Staff Union
Education in Botswana
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Education in Botswana
Education in Botswana is provided by public schools and private schools. Education in Botswana is governed by the Ministries of Basic Education. and Tertiary, Research Science and Technology Among sub-Saharan African countries, Botswana has one o ...
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Patrick van Rensburg
Patrick van Rensburg (3 December 1931 − 23 May 2017) was a South African-born anti-apartheid activist and educator. In the 1960s he founded Swaneng Hill School in Serowe, Botswana, and the nationwide Brigades Movement in that country. In the ...
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Alinah Kelo Segobye
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Sheila Tlou
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Thomas Tlou
Thomas Tlou (1 June 1932 – 28 June 2010) was a Botswana academic and historian, and former representative of Botswana at the United Nations. Tlou was born in Gwanda in the then Southern Rhodesia in 1932.
Tlou studied at Luther College from 1 ...
Schools in Botswana
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List of secondary schools in Botswana
This is a list of notable schools in Botswana, organized by the country's administrative districts.
Francistown
* Francistown Senior Secondary School
* John Mackenzie School
* Mater Spei College
Gaborone
* Botho University
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Maru a Pula School
Maru-a-Pula School is a co-educational, independent day and boarding secondary school in Gaborone, Botswana. It was founded in 1972.
The school prepares students for the Cambridge International General Certificate of Education
The Cambridge I ...
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Westwood International School
Universities and colleges in Botswana
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University of Botswana
The University of Botswana, popularly known as UB, was established in 1982 as the first institution of higher education in Botswana. The university has three campuses: one in the capital city Gaborone, one in Francistown, and another in Maun. Th ...
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St. Joseph's College, Kgale
St. Joseph's College is a government-aided Catholic school in Gaborone, Botswana.
The school was founded in 1928 by the Catholic Church to form and inform Batswana children. A government-aided mission school, it is financed by the government o ...
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Botswana Accountancy College
The Botswana Accountancy College, or BAC, is a business school headquartered in the city of Gaborone, Botswana. Initially funded and established through a joint venture between Ministry of Finance and Development Planning and Debswana, the colle ...
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Botho University
Botho University (formerly known as Botho College/NIIT) is Botswana's largest private tertiary educational provider, founded in 1997. The college offers certificates, diplomas and graduate degrees in accountancy and computer science. It is the fi ...
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Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) formally known as Botswana College of Agriculture (BCA) is an agricultural University located in Gaborone, Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, ...
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Botswana International University of Science and Technology
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Institute of Health Services
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Botswana Police College
The Botswana Police College is located in Otse in the South East District. An ultra-modern new college campus for meeting the training needs of the Botswana Police Service was designed by FMA Architects Ltd (Canadian Architect - Samuel Oboh - ...
Fauna of Botswana
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Aardwolf
The aardwolf (''Proteles cristata'') is an insectivorous species of hyena, native to East and Southern Africa. Its name means "earth-wolf" in Afrikaans and Dutch. It is also called maanhaar-jackal (Afrikaans for " mane-jackal"), termite-eat ...
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African buffalo
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African civet
The African civet (''Civettictis civetta'') is a large viverrid native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it is considered common and widely distributed in woodlands and secondary forests. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 200 ...
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African wild dog
The African wild dog (''Lycaon pictus''), also called the painted dog or Cape hunting dog, is a wild canine which is a native species to sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest wild canine in Africa, and the only extant member of the genus '' Lyca ...
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African striped weasel
The African striped weasel (''Poecilogale albinucha''), the lone member of the genus ''Poecilogale'', is a small, black and white weasel native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Description
The African striped weasel is one of the smallest mammalian carni ...
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Bat-eared fox
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Black-footed cat
The black-footed cat (''Felis nigripes''), also called the small-spotted cat, is the smallest wild cat in Africa, having a head-and-body length of . Despite its name, only the soles of its feet are black or dark blackish brown. With its bold s ...
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Bongo (antelope)
The bongo (''Tragelaphus eurycerus'') is a herbivorous, mostly nocturnal forest ungulate. Bongos are characterised by a striking reddish-brown coat, black and white markings, white-yellow stripes and long slightly spiralled horns. They are the ...
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Brown hyena
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Cape fox
The Cape fox (''Vulpes chama''), also called the asse, cama fox or the silver-backed fox, is a small species of fox, native to southern Africa. It is also called a South African version of a fennec fox due to its similarly big ears. It is the ...
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Caracal
The caracal (''Caracal caracal'') () is a medium-sized wild cat native to Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and arid areas of Pakistan and northwestern India. It is characterised by a robust build, long legs, a short face, long tufted e ...
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Cheetah
The cheetah (''Acinonyx jubatus'') is a large cat native to Africa and central Iran. It is the fastest land animal, estimated to be capable of running at with the fastest reliably recorded speeds being , and as such has evolved specialized ...
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Dik-dik
A dik-dik is the name for any of four species of small antelope in the genus ''Madoqua'' that live in the bushlands of eastern and southern Africa.
Dik-diks stand about at the shoulder, are long, weigh and can live for up to 10 years. Dik- ...
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Hippopotamus
The hippopotamus ( ; : hippopotamuses or hippopotami; ''Hippopotamus amphibius''), also called the hippo, common hippopotamus, or river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of only two extan ...
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Leopard
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Lion
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Plains zebra
The plains zebra (''Equus quagga'', formerly ''Equus burchellii''), also known as the common zebra, is the most common and geographically widespread species of zebra. Its range is fragmented, but spans much of southern and eastern Africa south o ...
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Queen whydah
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Ratel
The honey badger (''Mellivora capensis''), also known as the ratel ( or ), is a mammal widely distributed in Africa, Southwest Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. Because of its wide range and occurrence in a variety of habitats, it is listed a ...
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Serval
The serval (''Leptailurus serval'') is a wild cat native to Africa. It is widespread in sub-Saharan countries, except rainforest regions. Across its range, it occurs in protected areas, and hunting it is either prohibited or regulated in ran ...
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Spotted hyena
Geography of Botswana
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Geography of Botswana
Botswana is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa, north of South Africa. Botswana occupies an area of , of which are land. Botswana has land boundaries of combined length , of which the constituent boundaries are shared with Namibia, ...
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ISO 3166-2:BW
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Makgadikgadi Pan
The Makgadikgadi Pan ( Tswana pronunciation ), a salt pan situated in the middle of the dry savanna of north-eastern Botswana, is one of the largest salt flats in the world. The pan is all that remains of the formerly enormous Lake Makgadi ...
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Okavango Delta
The Okavango Delta (or Okavango Grassland; formerly spelled "Okovango" or "Okovanggo") in Botswana is a swampy inland delta formed where the Okavango River reaches a tectonic trough at an altitude of 930–1,000 m in the central part of the en ...
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Omuramba
Omuramba (plural: ''Omiramba'') is the term for ancient river-beds found in the Kalahari Desert of Africa, notably in the North Eastern part of Namibia and North Western part of Botswana. The word is taken from the Herero language. An omuramba pro ...
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Mines in Botswana''
: ''See also:
National parks of Botswana''
Cities in Botswana
* Kokong
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List of cities in Botswana
The following is a list of cities and towns in Botswana with population of over 3,000 citizens. State capitals are shown in boldface.
References
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Botswana, List of cities in
Botswana
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Bobonong
Bobonong is a town in the Central District of Botswana 80 km from Selibe Phikwe town. Bobonong has a population of around 19,000. The Babirwa tribe can be found in this town. The Botswana Pink semi-precious stones can be found in Bobono ...
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Eesterus
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Francistown
Francistown is the second largest city in Botswana, with a population of about 103,417 and 147,122 inhabitants for its agglomeration at the 2022 census. and often described as the "''Capital of the North''" or as the natives would have it “''T ...
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Gaborone
Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census.
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Ghanzi
Ghanzi is a town in the middle of the Kalahari Desert the western part of the Republic of Botswana in southern Africa. The region is the country's pride in contributing a large portion towards the beef industry. In fact, Ghanzi farmers provides ...
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Gomare
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Gumare
Gumare or Gomare is a rural village located in the North-West District of Botswana, near the Okavango Delta. The population of Gumare was 6,067 in 2001 census, but had risen to 8,532 iby the 2011 census.
Gumare is served by Gumare Airport.
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Hukuntsi
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Jwaneng
Jwaneng is a town located in the Southern District of Botswana, but it is not part of this, being a separate district, with its own Town Council.
History
The town was formed around the Jwaneng diamond mine, considered the richest in the world ...
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Kang, Botswana
Kang is a village in Kgalagadi District of Botswana. It is situated in the Kalahari Desert and lies on the Trans-Kalahari Highway between Ghanzi in the north and Sekoma in the south. Kang also provides access to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier P ...
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Kanye, Botswana
Kanye is a village in southern Botswana, located south-west of the capital, Gaborone. It is the administrative centre of the Southern District, and had a population of 45,196 at the 2011 census, making it the eighth-largest village in the coun ...
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Kasane
Kasane is a town in Botswana, close to Africa's 'Four Corners', where four countries almost meet: Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is at the far north-eastern corner of Botswana where it serves as the administrative center of the Chobe D ...
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Khoutsiri
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Letlhakane
Letlhakane is a village in the Central District of Botswana. Letlhakane is the headquarters of the Boteti sub-district. It is located south of Mmatshumo and the population of the village was 22,911 in 2011 census.
Within 15–20 km of L ...
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Lobatse, Botswana
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Mahalapye
Mahalapye is a town located in the Central District of Botswana.
The town has about 41,000 inhabitants and is situated along the main road between the capital Gaborone and the second largest city Francistown.
Mahalapye has a bus station, a rail ...
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Masunga
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Maun, Botswana
Maun is the fifth-largest town in Botswana. As of 2011, it had a population of 55,784. Maun is the "tourism capital" of Botswana and the administrative centre of Ngamiland district. Francistown and Maun are linked by the A3 highway. It is also the ...
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Mochudi
Mochudi is one of the larger villages in Botswana with a population of 44,815 people in 2011. It is situated in the Bakgatla tribal region, in Kgatleng District, about northeast of Gaborone. The village lies several kilometres from the main G ...
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Mogoditshane
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Molepolole
Molepolole is a large village in Kweneng District, Botswana.
The people who reside in Molepolole are called Bakwena, who are one of the eight major tribes in Botswana. The Bakwena Kgosi (Chief), Sebele I was among the three chiefs who went to ...
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Moshupa
Moshupa is a large village in the Southern District of Botswana with a population of 20,016 per the 2011 census. The people of Moshupa are called the Bakgatla-ba-ga Mmanaana, a group also found in Thamaga. Along with the related Bakgatla-ba- ...
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Nojane
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Orapa
Orapa is a town located in the Central District of Botswana. It is the site of the Orapa diamond mine, the largest diamond-producing mine in the world, and is considered to be the diamond capital of the country. Nearby is another kimberlite min ...
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Palapye
Palapye is a growing town in Botswana, situated about halfway between Francistown and Gaborone ( from Francistown and from Gaborone). Over the years its position has made it a convenient stopover on one of Southern Africa's principal north–sout ...
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Ramokgwebana
Ramokgwebana is a village in the North-East District (Botswana), North-East District of Botswana, close to the eastern border, which is defined by the Ramokgwebana River. Plumtree, Zimbabwe is on the other side of the border crossing.
The village ...
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Ramotswa, Botswana
Ramotswa is a village in South-East District of Botswana, southwest of the capital of Gaborone. The population was 27,760 in 2011 census.
It is the tribal capital of the BaLete, an ethnic majority springing from the Nguni tribe.
Ramotswa's ...
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Selebi-Phikwe, Botswana
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Serowe
Serowe (population approximately 60,000) is an urban village in Botswana's Central District. A trade and commercial centre, it is Botswana's third largest village. Serowe has played an important role in Botswana's history, as capital for the Bama ...
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Shoshong
Shoshong is a town in Botswana, formerly the chief settlement of the eastern Bamangwato.
Physical location
Shoshong is located just north of the Tropic of Capricorn at , in the Central District of Botswana, about west of Mahalapye. The town is ...
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Sowa, Botswana
Sowa is a town which lies in the Central District of Botswana, but constitutes a separate administrative district. The Sowa Township was established in 1991 by an act of Parliament, Statutory Instrument No.26 of 1991 and governed by Sowa Towns ...
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Thamaga
Thamaga is a large village located in the Kweneng District of Botswana and about 40 km west of the capital city Gaborone. It is home to 19,547 inhabitants at the 2011 census. It is becoming year by year like a suburb part of the Gaborone ag ...
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Tlokweng
Tlokweng is a peri-urban settlement classified as an urban village located east of the capital of Botswana, Gaborone and falling under the jurisdiction of South East District Council. It can be considered part of the conurbation of Gaborone. ...
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Tonota
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Toteng
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Tshabong
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Tutume
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Ukwi
Craters of Botswana
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Kgagodi crater
Dams of Botswana
Deserts of Botswana
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Kalahari Desert
The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa extending for , covering much of Botswana, and parts of Namibia and South Africa.
It is not to be confused with the Angolan, Namibian, and South African Namib coastal d ...
Districts of Botswana
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Districts of Botswana
Botswana is divided into 10 administrative district
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Central District (Botswana)
Central is the largest of Botswana's districts in terms of area and population. It encompasses the traditional homeland of the Bamangwato people. Some of the most politically connected Batswana have come from the Central District, including form ...
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Ghanzi District
Ghanzi (sometimes Gantsi) is a district in western Botswana, bordering Namibia in the west and extending east into much of the interior of the country. The district's administrative centre is the town of Ghanzi. Most of the eastern half of Ghanzi ...
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Kgalagadi
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Kgatleng District
Kgatleng is one of the districts of Botswana, coterminous with the homeland of the Bakgatla people. Its capital is Mochudi, the hometown of protagonist Precious Ramotswe in Alexander McCall Smith's popular ''The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'' ...
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Kweneng District
Kweneng is one of the districts of Botswana and is the recent historical homeland of the Bakwena people, the first group in Botswana converted to Christianity by famed missionary David Livingstone. Various landmarks, including Livingstone's Cav ...
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North-East District (Botswana)
The North-East District is one of the administrative districts of Botswana. Its capital is Francistown. In 2011, North-East had a population of 60,264 people. The district is predominantly occupied by Kalanga-speaking people, the BaKalanga. The di ...
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North-West District (Botswana)
The North-West District or Ngamiland is one of the first-level administrative subdivisions of Botswana. For census and administrative purposes Ngamiland is subdivided into Ngamiland East, Ngamiland West and Ngamiland Delta (Okavango). It is gove ...
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South-East District (Botswana)
South-East is one of the districts of Botswana. The capital city of Botswana, Gaborone, is surrounded by this district. The administrative capital for the South-East district is the village of Ramotswa. In the southeast, South-East borders the No ...
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Southern District (Botswana)
Southern is one of the districts of Botswana. The capital of Southern district is Kanye, Botswana, Kanye, home to the Bangwaketse and Barolong in Botswana. The Southern district is home to Botswana's second largest beef farmers where there are l ...
Lakes of Botswana
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Lake Ngami
Lake Ngami is an endorheic lake in Botswana north of the Kalahari Desert. It is seasonally filled by the Taughe River, an effluent of the Okavango River system flowing out of the western side of the Okavango Delta. It is one of the fragmented remn ...
Maps of Botswana
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Old maps of Botswana
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Maps of Botswana
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Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive. Although ...
Rivers of Botswana
{{main, List of rivers of Botswana
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Boteti River
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Cuando River
The Cuando River (or Kwando in the non-colonial spelling) is a river in south-central Africa flowing through Angola and Namibia's Caprivi Strip and into the Linyanti Swamp on the northern border of Botswana. Below the swamp, the river is called t ...
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Khwai River
The Khwai River is a river in Northern Botswana. It extends from the Okavango River and forms part of the Northern border of the Moremi Game Reserve. Not far from the river, on the North Gate of Moremi, is the BaBugkakhwe village of Khwai.
The a ...
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Molopo River
The Molopo River ( af, Moloporivier) is one of the main rivers in Southern Africa. It has a length of approximately 960 kilometres and a catchment area of 367,201 km2 with Botswana, Namibia and South Africa sharing roughly about a third of th ...
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Okavango River
The Okavango River (formerly spelled Okovango or Okovanggo), Also known as the Cubango River, is a river in southwest Africa. It is the fourth-longest river system in southern Africa, running southeastward for . It begins at an elevation of in ...
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Thamalakane River
The Thamalakane River is a river located in Botswana, Africa, at the southern end of the Okavango Delta. It has no well defined beginning ( spring) and no clear end ( delta). It is the result of the Thamalakane fault - which began to form about ...
Botswana geography stubs
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Bobonong
Bobonong is a town in the Central District of Botswana 80 km from Selibe Phikwe town. Bobonong has a population of around 19,000. The Babirwa tribe can be found in this town. The Botswana Pink semi-precious stones can be found in Bobono ...
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Boteti River
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Central District (Botswana)
Central is the largest of Botswana's districts in terms of area and population. It encompasses the traditional homeland of the Bamangwato people. Some of the most politically connected Batswana have come from the Central District, including form ...
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Central Kalahari Game Reserve
Central Kalahari Game Reserve is an extensive national park in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana. Established in 1961 it covers an area of (larger than the Netherlands, and almost 10% of Botswana's total land area), making it the second largest game ...
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Cuando River
The Cuando River (or Kwando in the non-colonial spelling) is a river in south-central Africa flowing through Angola and Namibia's Caprivi Strip and into the Linyanti Swamp on the northern border of Botswana. Below the swamp, the river is called t ...
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Damtshaa diamond mine
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Eesterus
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Ghanzi
Ghanzi is a town in the middle of the Kalahari Desert the western part of the Republic of Botswana in southern Africa. The region is the country's pride in contributing a large portion towards the beef industry. In fact, Ghanzi farmers provides ...
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Ghanzi District
Ghanzi (sometimes Gantsi) is a district in western Botswana, bordering Namibia in the west and extending east into much of the interior of the country. The district's administrative centre is the town of Ghanzi. Most of the eastern half of Ghanzi ...
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Gomare
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Gumare
Gumare or Gomare is a rural village located in the North-West District of Botswana, near the Okavango Delta. The population of Gumare was 6,067 in 2001 census, but had risen to 8,532 iby the 2011 census.
Gumare is served by Gumare Airport.
Fou ...
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Hukuntsi
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Jwaneng
Jwaneng is a town located in the Southern District of Botswana, but it is not part of this, being a separate district, with its own Town Council.
History
The town was formed around the Jwaneng diamond mine, considered the richest in the world ...
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Jwaneng diamond mine
The Jwaneng diamond mine is the richest diamond mine in the world and is located in south-central Botswana about west of the city of Gaborone, in the Naledi river valley of the Kalahari. Jwaneng, meaning "a place of small stones", is owned by ...
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Kang, Botswana
Kang is a village in Kgalagadi District of Botswana. It is situated in the Kalahari Desert and lies on the Trans-Kalahari Highway between Ghanzi in the north and Sekoma in the south. Kang also provides access to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier P ...
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Kanye, Botswana
Kanye is a village in southern Botswana, located south-west of the capital, Gaborone. It is the administrative centre of the Southern District, and had a population of 45,196 at the 2011 census, making it the eighth-largest village in the coun ...
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Kasane
Kasane is a town in Botswana, close to Africa's 'Four Corners', where four countries almost meet: Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is at the far north-eastern corner of Botswana where it serves as the administrative center of the Chobe D ...
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Kgagodi crater
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Kgalagadi
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Kgatleng District
Kgatleng is one of the districts of Botswana, coterminous with the homeland of the Bakgatla people. Its capital is Mochudi, the hometown of protagonist Precious Ramotswe in Alexander McCall Smith's popular ''The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'' ...
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Khoutsiri
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Khutse Game Reserve
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Khwai River
The Khwai River is a river in Northern Botswana. It extends from the Okavango River and forms part of the Northern border of the Moremi Game Reserve. Not far from the river, on the North Gate of Moremi, is the BaBugkakhwe village of Khwai.
The a ...
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Lake Makgadikgadi
Lake Makgadikgadi ( tn, Letsha la Makgadikgadi, label=Setswana, ) was a paleolake that existed in what is now the Kalahari Desert in Botswana from 2,000,000 years BP to 10,000 years BP. It may have once covered an area of from and was 30 m de ...
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Lake Ngami
Lake Ngami is an endorheic lake in Botswana north of the Kalahari Desert. It is seasonally filled by the Taughe River, an effluent of the Okavango River system flowing out of the western side of the Okavango Delta. It is one of the fragmented remn ...
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Letlhakane
Letlhakane is a village in the Central District of Botswana. Letlhakane is the headquarters of the Boteti sub-district. It is located south of Mmatshumo and the population of the village was 22,911 in 2011 census.
Within 15–20 km of L ...
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Letlhakane diamond mine
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List of national parks of Botswana
This is a list of protected areas in Botswana.
Peace parks
* Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area
National parks
* Chobe National Park
* Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
* Makgadikgadi Pans
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Lobatse, Botswana
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Mahalapye
Mahalapye is a town located in the Central District of Botswana.
The town has about 41,000 inhabitants and is situated along the main road between the capital Gaborone and the second largest city Francistown.
Mahalapye has a bus station, a rail ...
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Makgadikgadi Pan
The Makgadikgadi Pan ( Tswana pronunciation ), a salt pan situated in the middle of the dry savanna of north-eastern Botswana, is one of the largest salt flats in the world. The pan is all that remains of the formerly enormous Lake Makgadi ...
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Makgadikgadi Pans National Park
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Masunga
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Mochudi
Mochudi is one of the larger villages in Botswana with a population of 44,815 people in 2011. It is situated in the Bakgatla tribal region, in Kgatleng District, about northeast of Gaborone. The village lies several kilometres from the main G ...
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Mogoditshane
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Mokolodi Nature Reserve
Mokolodi Nature Reserve is a private not-for-profit game reserve in southern Botswana. Founded in 1994 by The Mokolodi Wildlife Foundation, it is situated on of donated land, south of the capital Gaborone. The nature reserve is inhabited by a w ...
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Molepolole
Molepolole is a large village in Kweneng District, Botswana.
The people who reside in Molepolole are called Bakwena, who are one of the eight major tribes in Botswana. The Bakwena Kgosi (Chief), Sebele I was among the three chiefs who went to ...
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Molopo River
The Molopo River ( af, Moloporivier) is one of the main rivers in Southern Africa. It has a length of approximately 960 kilometres and a catchment area of 367,201 km2 with Botswana, Namibia and South Africa sharing roughly about a third of th ...
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Moremi Wildlife Reserve
Moremi Game Reserve is a protected area in Botswana. It lies on the eastern side of the Okavango Delta and was named after Chief Moremi of the BaTawana tribe. Moremi was designated as a game reserve, rather than a national park, when it was c ...
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Nojane
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North-East District (Botswana)
The North-East District is one of the administrative districts of Botswana. Its capital is Francistown. In 2011, North-East had a population of 60,264 people. The district is predominantly occupied by Kalanga-speaking people, the BaKalanga. The di ...
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North-West District (Botswana)
The North-West District or Ngamiland is one of the first-level administrative subdivisions of Botswana. For census and administrative purposes Ngamiland is subdivided into Ngamiland East, Ngamiland West and Ngamiland Delta (Okavango). It is gove ...
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Nxai Pan National Park
Nxai Pan National Park is a national park in north-eastern Botswana, consisting of Nxai Pan, which is one of the Makgadikgadi Pan salt flats. Nxai Pan National Park lies just north of the Maun-Nata main road and adjoins Makgadikgadi Pans Nation ...
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Omuramba
Omuramba (plural: ''Omiramba'') is the term for ancient river-beds found in the Kalahari Desert of Africa, notably in the North Eastern part of Namibia and North Western part of Botswana. The word is taken from the Herero language. An omuramba pro ...
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Orapa
Orapa is a town located in the Central District of Botswana. It is the site of the Orapa diamond mine, the largest diamond-producing mine in the world, and is considered to be the diamond capital of the country. Nearby is another kimberlite min ...
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Orapa diamond mine
The Orapa diamond mine is the world's largest diamond mine by area. The mine is located in Orapa, a town in the Central District of Botswana about west of the city of Francistown. Orapa ("resting place for lions") is owned by Debswana, a partn ...
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Palapye
Palapye is a growing town in Botswana, situated about halfway between Francistown and Gaborone ( from Francistown and from Gaborone). Over the years its position has made it a convenient stopover on one of Southern Africa's principal north–sout ...
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Ramokgwebana
Ramokgwebana is a village in the North-East District (Botswana), North-East District of Botswana, close to the eastern border, which is defined by the Ramokgwebana River. Plumtree, Zimbabwe is on the other side of the border crossing.
The village ...
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Ramotswa, Botswana
Ramotswa is a village in South-East District of Botswana, southwest of the capital of Gaborone. The population was 27,760 in 2011 census.
It is the tribal capital of the BaLete, an ethnic majority springing from the Nguni tribe.
Ramotswa's ...
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Sankuyo
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Selebi-Phikwe, Botswana
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Serowe
Serowe (population approximately 60,000) is an urban village in Botswana's Central District. A trade and commercial centre, it is Botswana's third largest village. Serowe has played an important role in Botswana's history, as capital for the Bama ...
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Sir Seretse Khama International Airport
Sir Seretse Khama International Airport , located north of downtown Gaborone, is the main international airport of the capital city of Botswana. The airport is named after Sir Seretse Khama, the first president of Botswana. It was opened in 198 ...
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South-East District (Botswana)
South-East is one of the districts of Botswana. The capital city of Botswana, Gaborone, is surrounded by this district. The administrative capital for the South-East district is the village of Ramotswa. In the southeast, South-East borders the No ...
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Southern District (Botswana)
Southern is one of the districts of Botswana. The capital of Southern district is Kanye, Botswana, Kanye, home to the Bangwaketse and Barolong in Botswana. The Southern district is home to Botswana's second largest beef farmers where there are l ...
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Sowa, Botswana
Sowa is a town which lies in the Central District of Botswana, but constitutes a separate administrative district. The Sowa Township was established in 1991 by an act of Parliament, Statutory Instrument No.26 of 1991 and governed by Sowa Towns ...
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Tati Concessions Land
The Tati Concession was a land and mining concession created in the western borderlands of the Matabele Kingdom. The concession was originally granted by the Matabele King, Lobengula, son of Mzilikazi, to Sir John Swinburne in exchange for gol ...
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Thamaga
Thamaga is a large village located in the Kweneng District of Botswana and about 40 km west of the capital city Gaborone. It is home to 19,547 inhabitants at the 2011 census. It is becoming year by year like a suburb part of the Gaborone ag ...
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Thamalakane River
The Thamalakane River is a river located in Botswana, Africa, at the southern end of the Okavango Delta. It has no well defined beginning ( spring) and no clear end ( delta). It is the result of the Thamalakane fault - which began to form about ...
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Tlokweng
Tlokweng is a peri-urban settlement classified as an urban village located east of the capital of Botswana, Gaborone and falling under the jurisdiction of South East District Council. It can be considered part of the conurbation of Gaborone. ...
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Tonota
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Toteng
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Tshabong
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Tsodilo
The Tsodilo Hills are a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS), consisting of rock art, rock shelters, depressions, and caves in southern Africa. It gained its WHS listing in 2001 because of its unique religious and spiritual significance to local peo ...
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Tutume
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Ukwi
Government of Botswana
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List of commissioners of Bechuanaland
This is a list of the commissioners of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, which gained full independence as Botswana in 1966. From 1885 to 1891 the post was known as Deputy Commissioner; from 1891 to 1964 as Resident Commissioner; and from 1964 to ind ...
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Heads of government of Botswana
The office of Prime Minister of the Bechuanaland Protectorate existed from 3 March 1965 to 30 September 1966, during which time it was held by one individual, Seretse Khama, who later served as the first President of Botswana from 1966 until hi ...
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Heads of state of Botswana
The president of the Republic of Botswana is the head of state and the head of government of Botswana, as well as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, according to the Constitution of Botswana.
The president is elected to a five-year ...
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Festus Mogae
Festus Gontebanye Mogae (born 21 August 1939) is a Botswana politician and economist who served as the third President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008. He succeeded Quett Masire as President in 1998 and was re-elected in October 2004; after ten y ...
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Vice-President of Botswana
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The vice-president is appointed by the president of Botswana among elected members of the National Assembly. The vice-president is the constit ...
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Parliamentary constituencies of Botswana
Botswana is divided into fifty-seven parliamentary constituencies.
List of constituencies
See also
* List of electoral districts by nationList of current members of the National Assembly of Botswana*https://www.iec.gov.bw/index.php/document-l ...
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Foreign relations of Botswana
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Foreign relations of Botswana
Botswana has put a premium on economic and political integration in southern Africa. It has sought to make the Southern African Development Community (SADC) a working vehicle for economic development, and it has promoted efforts to make the reg ...
Botswana diplomats
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Thomas Tlou
Thomas Tlou (1 June 1932 – 28 June 2010) was a Botswana academic and historian, and former representative of Botswana at the United Nations. Tlou was born in Gwanda in the then Southern Rhodesia in 1932.
Tlou studied at Luther College from 1 ...
History of Botswana
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History of Botswana
The Batswana, a term also used to denote all citizens of Botswana, refers to the country's major ethnic group (called the Tswana in Southern Africa). Prior to European contact, the Batswana lived as herders and farmers under tribal rule.
Be ...
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Bechuanaland Protectorate
The Bechuanaland Protectorate () was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885, by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) in Southern Africa. It became the Republi ...
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List of commissioners of Bechuanaland
This is a list of the commissioners of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, which gained full independence as Botswana in 1966. From 1885 to 1891 the post was known as Deputy Commissioner; from 1891 to 1964 as Resident Commissioner; and from 1964 to ind ...
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Frederick Thomas Green
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Rulers of Balete (baMalete)
Lete has been led by a kgôsikgolo, or a paramount chief, since its establishment in 1780. Mosadi Seboko has been the kgôsikgolo of Lete since 2002.
List of Rulers of Balete (baMalete)
Territory located in present-day Botswana.
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Rulers of Bangwato (bamaNgwato)
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Variants
Rulers have long ...
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Rulers of baKgatla
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Variants
Rulers have long ...
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Rulers of baNgwaketse
The following is a list of rulers of baNgwaketse, a territory located in present-day Botswana.
Kgôsikgolo = ''Paramount Chief''
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Rulers of baRôlông
List of Rulers of baRôlông
Territory located in present-day Botswana and South Africa.
Kgôsikgolo = ''Paramount Chief''
At this point the Barolong found themselves separated by the Botswana - South Africa border. There are other Barolo ...
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Rulers of baTawana
This is a list of the Rulers of baTawana, a territory in the present-day northern half of Botswana, formerly part of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Kgôsikgolo = ''Paramount Chief''
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Rulers of baTlôkwa
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Setshele I
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Archaeological sites in Botswana''
Elections in Botswana
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Elections in Botswana
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Botswana general election, 1969
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Botswana general election, 1974
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Botswana general election, 1979
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Botswana general election, 1984
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Botswana general election, 1989
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Botswana general election, 1994
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Botswana general election, 1999
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Botswana general election, 2004
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Botswana general election, 2009
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Botswana general election, 2014
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Botswana general election, 2019
Military of Botswana
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Botswana Defence Force
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF, tn, Sesole Sa Botswana) is the military of Botswana. The main component of the BDF is the Botswana Ground Force; there is also an air wing and a riverine patrol contingent attached to the ground forces, with 10 ...
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Botswana Defence Force Air Wing
The Botswana Defence Force Air Arm is the air force of the Botswana Defence Force of Botswana in southern Africa.
Chiefs of the Defence Staff Air Wing
The former heads of the Botswana Armed Forces Air Wing were referred to while in office as ...
Organisations based in Botswana
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The Botswana Scouts Association
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Companies of Botswana
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Schools in Botswana''
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Trade unions of Botswana''
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Universities and colleges in Botswana''
Political parties in Botswana
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List of political parties in Botswana
This article lists political parties in Botswana. Botswana is a dominant-party state with the Botswana Democratic Party in power. Opposition parties are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining presidential power, they are represented ...
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Botswana Alliance Movement
The Botswana Alliance Movement (BAM) was a progressive political party in Botswana, led by Ephraim Lepetu Setshwaelo. Prior to the 2009 election the party entered into an electoral pact with the Botswana Congress Party. In the 2009 elections t ...
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Botswana Congress Party
The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) is a political party in Botswana. The BCP was founded in 1998 in a split from the Botswana National Front, with most of the BNF's sitting Members of Parliament joining the new party after a leadership dispute w ...
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Botswana Democratic Party
The Botswana Democratic Party (abbr. BDP) is the governing party in Botswana. Its chairman is the Vice-President of Botswana, Slumber Tsogwane, and its symbol is a lift jack. The party has ruled Botswana continuously since gaining independence ...
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Botswana Independence Party
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Botswana National Front
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Botswana People's Party
The Botswana People's Party (BPP), originally the Bechuanaland People's Party, is a political party in Botswana formed in December 1960 during the colonial era. As a result of disappointment with the Legislative Council, under the leadership of ...
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International Socialist Organization (Botswana)
The International Socialists Botswana (ISBO) is a small Botswanan Trotskyist organisation. It is part of the International Socialist Tendency and produces a newspaper called ''Socialism from Below''.
They have campaigned over workers rights, par ...
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Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin Movement
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New Democratic Front
Botswana people
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*Mokgweetsi Masisi
*Dikgang Moseneke
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*Thandi Modise
*Kgalema Motlanthe
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Khama III
Khama III (1837?–1923), referred to by missionaries as Khama the Good also called Khama the Great, was the ''Kgosi'' (meaning king) of the Bangwato people.
Ancestry and Youth
Malope a chief of the Bakwena, led his people from the Transvaal r ...
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Mpule Kwelagobe
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Botswana-bio-stub''
Botswana people by occupation
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Botswana diplomats
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Botswana writers
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Caitlin Davies
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Unity Dow
Unity Dow ( Diswai; born 23 April 1959) is a Motswana lawyer, human rights activist, specially elected member of parliament, and a writer. She formerly served as a judge on the High Court of Botswana and in various government ministries. Born ...
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Bessie Head
Bessie Amelia Emery Head (6 July 1937 – 17 April 1986) was a South African writer who, though born in South Africa, is usually considered Botswana's most influential writer. She wrote novels, short fiction and autobiographical works that are ...
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Moteane Melamu
Moteane John Melamu is a writer and academic from Botswana. He is a professor at the University of Botswana
The University of Botswana, popularly known as UB, was established in 1982 as the first institution of higher education in Botswana. The ...
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Patrick van Rensburg
Patrick van Rensburg (3 December 1931 − 23 May 2017) was a South African-born anti-apartheid activist and educator. In the 1960s he founded Swaneng Hill School in Serowe, Botswana, and the nationwide Brigades Movement in that country. In the ...
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Barolong Seboni
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Andrew Sesinyi
Andrew Sesinyi (born September 7, 1952) is the Motswana author of ''Love on the Rocks'' (1981). He also worked in the media administration of Botswana. Sesinyi is Botswana's first English novelist.
His works convey the images of urban Botswana i ...
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Thomas Tlou
Thomas Tlou (1 June 1932 – 28 June 2010) was a Botswana academic and historian, and former representative of Botswana at the United Nations. Tlou was born in Gwanda in the then Southern Rhodesia in 1932.
Tlou studied at Luther College from 1 ...
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Botswana politicians
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Andrew Sesinyi
Andrew Sesinyi (born September 7, 1952) is the Motswana author of ''Love on the Rocks'' (1981). He also worked in the media administration of Botswana. Sesinyi is Botswana's first English novelist.
His works convey the images of urban Botswana i ...
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Festus Mogae
Festus Gontebanye Mogae (born 21 August 1939) is a Botswana politician and economist who served as the third President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008. He succeeded Quett Masire as President in 1998 and was re-elected in October 2004; after ten y ...
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Gaositwe K.T. Chiepe
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Joseph Legwaila
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Lenyeletse Seretse
Lenyeletse Mpetwane Seretse (25 June 19213 January 1983) was the second Vice-President of Botswana from July 1980 until his death on 3 January 1983. From Serowe, Northern Botswana, Seretse was appointed Vice-President to placate his fellow Northern ...
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Mokgweetsi Masisi
Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi (born 21 July 1961) is the fifth and current President of Botswana, serving since 2018. He served as the 8th Vice President of Botswana from 12 November 2014 to 1 April 2018. He was a Member of Parliament in the ...
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Mompati Merafhe
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Peter Mmusi
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Quett Masire
'Ketumile Quett Joni Masire'', GCMG (24 July 1926 – 22 June 2017) was the second and longest-serving President of Botswana, in office from 1980 to 1998. He was honored with the Knighthood of the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint Ge ...
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Ruth Williams Khama
Ruth Williams Khama, Lady Khama (9 December 1923 – 22 May 2002) was the wife of Botswana's first president Sir Seretse Khama, the Paramount Chief of its Bamangwato tribe. She served as the inaugural First Lady of Botswana from 1966 to 1980.
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Samuel O. Outlule
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Seretse Khama
Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE (1 July 1921 – 13 July 1980) was a Motswana politician who served as the first President of Botswana, a post he held from 1966 to his death in 1980.
Born into an influential royal fa ...
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Seretse Ian Khama
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Sheila Tlou
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Politics of Botswana
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Politics of Botswana
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Heads of government of Botswana
The office of Prime Minister of the Bechuanaland Protectorate existed from 3 March 1965 to 30 September 1966, during which time it was held by one individual, Seretse Khama, who later served as the first President of Botswana from 1966 until hi ...
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Heads of state of Botswana
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National Assembly of Botswana
The National Assembly is the legislative body of Botswana's national government. With the President, the National Assembly forms Botswana's unicameral Parliament. It is advised by the Ntlo ya Dikgosi: a council of chiefs which is not a house of P ...
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Ntlo ya Dikgosi
The ''Ntlo ya Dikgosi'' ( Tswana for "House of Chiefs") in Botswana is an advisory body to the country's parliament.[Parliament of Botswana
The Parliament of Botswana consists of the President and the National Assembly. In contrast to other Parliamentary systems, the Parliament elects the President directly (instead of having both a ceremonial President and a Prime Minister who has ...]
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Vice-President of Botswana
The vice-president of Botswana is the second-highest executive official in the Government of Botswana.
The vice-president is appointed by the president of Botswana among elected members of the National Assembly. The vice-president is the constit ...
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Elections in Botswana''
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Foreign relations of Botswana
Botswana has put a premium on economic and political integration in southern Africa. It has sought to make the Southern African Development Community (SADC) a working vehicle for economic development, and it has promoted efforts to make the reg ...
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Botswana politicians''
Religion in Botswana
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Christianity in Botswana
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Hinduism in Botswana
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Islam in Botswana
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Roman Catholicism in Botswana
Botswana society
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Child labour in Botswana
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Demographics of Botswana
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Presidents' Day (Botswana)
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Public holidays in Botswana
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The Botswana Scouts Association
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Languages of Botswana
The official language of Botswana is English, while Tswana is considered to be a national language. English, which was inherited from colonial rule, is the language of official business and most written communication. Most of the population spea ...
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Ethnic groups in Botswana
Bakgalagari
Batapo
Baritji
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Bamangwato The Bamangwato (more correctly BagammaNgwato, and also referred to as the BaNgwato or Ngwato) is one of the eight "principal" Tswana chieftaincies of Botswana. They ruled over a majority Bakalanga population (the largest ethnic group in Central Dis ...
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Bushmen
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Herero
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Lozi people
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Nama people
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Sotho–Tswana
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Tswana
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* Tswana language, the language spoken by the (Ba)Tswana people
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Sport in Botswana
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Sport in Botswana
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Botswana at the Olympics
Botswana has competed in 11 Summer Olympics. Botswana's debut was at the 1980 Summer Olympics, in Moscow. They have yet to compete in a Winter Olympics. Botswana won its inaugural medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Nijel Amos
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Botswana at the African Games
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Botswana at the Commonwealth Games
Botswana has competed at twelve Commonwealth Games, with the first coming in 1974. They did not participate in the 1978 Commonwealth Games, but have attended all eleven since. Botswana have won twelve medals, with six of these coming in boxing. Th ...
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Botswana sports people
Botswana athletes
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Gable Garenamotse
Gable Garenamotse (born February 28, 1977 in Gumare, North-West) is a Botswana long jumper, who has won two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games.
In 1999 Garenamotse won the triple jump at the African Southern Region Championships, and parti ...
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Kabelo Kgosiemang
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Tlhalosang Molapisi
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California Molefe
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Obakeng Ngwigwa
Obakeng Ambrose Ngwigwa (born 9 July 1985 in Serowe) is a Botswana sprinter.
He won the bronze medal over 400 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics with a personal best and national junior record of 45.97 seconds. O ...
Botswana boxers
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Khumiso Ikgopoleng
Khumiso Stephen Ikgopoleng (born 5 December 1979) is a coach and former boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was eliminated in the second round of the men's featherweight (– 57 k ...
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Lechedzani Luza
Lechedzani Luza (born December 20, 1978) is a boxer from Botswana. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Luza took the silver medal. He took gold in 2004 at the 2nd Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana, finally defeating Madagascar's ...
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France Mabiletsa
Botswana footballers
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Dipsy Selolwane
Diphetogo "Dipsy" Selolwane (born 27 January 1978) is a Botswana former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He has also played as a striker in Major League Soccer.
Club career
Selolwane first played for Gaborone United in the ...
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Thatayaone Mothuba
Olympic competitors for Botswana
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Gable Garenamotse
Gable Garenamotse (born February 28, 1977 in Gumare, North-West) is a Botswana long jumper, who has won two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games.
In 1999 Garenamotse won the triple jump at the African Southern Region Championships, and parti ...
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Khumiso Ikgopoleng
Khumiso Stephen Ikgopoleng (born 5 December 1979) is a coach and former boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was eliminated in the second round of the men's featherweight (– 57 k ...
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Lechedzani Luza
Lechedzani Luza (born December 20, 1978) is a boxer from Botswana. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Luza took the silver medal. He took gold in 2004 at the 2nd Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana, finally defeating Madagascar's ...
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France Mabiletsa
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California Molefe
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Nijel Amos
Nijel Carlos Amilfitano Amos (born 15 March 1994) is a Motswana middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. He won silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics, which was Botswana's first ever Olympic medal.
Early life
Nijel Amos is from Ma ...
Football in Botswana
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Football in Botswana
Football is the number one sport in Botswana. It is organized by the Botswana Football Association. By October 2007, there are about 348 men's clubs registered. The number of woman's teams organized in the regional leagues by the season of 2021/2 ...
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Botswana Football Association
The Botswana Football Association (BFA) is the governing body of association football in Botswana, and controls the national football team. It is an affiliate of FIFA, CAF and the COSAFA.
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Botswana national football team
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List of football clubs in Botswana
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Botswana Defence Force XI
Botswana Defence Force XI Football Club is a football club from Botswana based in Mogoditshane and playing home games in Gaborone. It is the club of the Botswana Defence Force, being composed mostly of military players. As of 2007, players were e ...
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Gaborone United
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Mogoditshane Fighters
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Amagents Football Club
Amagents Football Club is a football club based in the Broadhurst district of Gaborone, Botswana. For the 2010/11 Season they will be playing in the GACFA Second Division.
Organisation
The club consists of the first team and two youth teams, who ...
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Township Rollers F.C.
Township Rollers Football Club is a football club based in Gaborone, Botswana. Rollers are also known as Popa, The Blues or Tse Tala, the official nicknames of the club. The club is also often referred to as Mapalastina, a nickname that develope ...
Botswana football competitions
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FA Challenge Cup (Botswana)
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Botswana Premier League
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FA Challenge Cup
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Botswana Independence Cup
Football venues in Botswana
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Botswana National Stadium
The Botswana National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Gaborone, Botswana. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 25,000 people.
Overview
The pitch is surrounded by an athletics track, the stadium is coupled w ...
Botswana at the Olympics
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Botswana at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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Botswana at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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Botswana at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Botswana at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Botswana competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
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Botswana at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Botswana competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics which were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.
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Botswana at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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Botswana at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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Botswana at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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Marathons of Botswana
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Gaborone City Marathon
The Diacore Gaborone Marathon is a marathon in Gaborone, Botswana. The marathon is governed by the International Association of Athletics Federations and the Botswana Athletics Association. It is open for to ages 19 and up, and the race is a qual ...
Transport in Botswana
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Transport in Botswana
Transportation in Botswana is provided by internal and extensive network of railways, highways, ferry services and air routes that criss-cross the country. The transport sector in Botswana has played an important role in economic growth in the 2 ...
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Botswana Railways
Botswana Railways (BR) is the national railway of Botswana.
History
Botswana Railways (BR) was established in 1987 when the government of Botswana bought out the Botswana-based sections of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ). NRZ had bee ...
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Airports in Botswana
This is a list of airports in Botswana, sorted by location.
Note: Only airports with an ICAO airport code and/or IATA airport code have been included. Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
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Airlines of Botswana
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Air Botswana
Air Botswana Corporation is Botswana's state-owned national flag carrier, with its headquarters located in Gaborone. It operates scheduled domestic and regional flights from its main base at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. Air Botswana ...
Botswana stubs
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Air Botswana Employees' Union
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Andrew Sesinyi
Andrew Sesinyi (born September 7, 1952) is the Motswana author of ''Love on the Rocks'' (1981). He also worked in the media administration of Botswana. Sesinyi is Botswana's first English novelist.
His works convey the images of urban Botswana i ...
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BLNS Countries
The term is used to describe Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia
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Badimo Badimo ( Tswana '' badimo'', literally "ancestors") is a name for the indigenous African Traditional Religion of Botswana & South Africa. Although the CIA Factbook currently states that four percent of Batswana are practitioners, in reality a great ...
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Barolong Seboni
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Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board Workers' Union
The Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board Workers' Union (BAMBWU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= S ...
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Botswana Alliance Movement
The Botswana Alliance Movement (BAM) was a progressive political party in Botswana, led by Ephraim Lepetu Setshwaelo. Prior to the 2009 election the party entered into an electoral pact with the Botswana Congress Party. In the 2009 elections t ...
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Botswana Bank Employees' Union
The Botswana Bank Employee's Union (BOBEU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlo ...
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Botswana Beverages & Allied Workers' Union
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Botswana Central Bank Staff Union
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Botswana Commercial & General Workers' Union
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Botswana Congress Party
The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) is a political party in Botswana. The BCP was founded in 1998 in a split from the Botswana National Front, with most of the BNF's sitting Members of Parliament joining the new party after a leadership dispute w ...
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Botswana Construction Workers' Union
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Botswana Democratic Party
The Botswana Democratic Party (abbr. BDP) is the governing party in Botswana. Its chairman is the Vice-President of Botswana, Slumber Tsogwane, and its symbol is a lift jack. The party has ruled Botswana continuously since gaining independence ...
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Botswana Diamond Sorters & Valuators' Union
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Botswana Federation of Trade Unions
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Botswana Football Association
The Botswana Football Association (BFA) is the governing body of association football in Botswana, and controls the national football team. It is an affiliate of FIFA, CAF and the COSAFA.
National football leagues include the beMOBILE Premier ...
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Botswana Housing Corporation Staff Union
The Botswana Housing Corporation Staff Union (BHCSU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), i ...
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Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...
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Botswana Institute of Development Management Workers' Union
The Botswana Institute of Development Management Workers' Union (BDMWU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, lab ...
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Botswana Manufacturing & Packaging Workers' Union
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Botswana Meat Industry Workers' Union
The Botswana Meat Industry Workers' Union (BMIWU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a ...
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Botswana Mining Workers' Union
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Botswana National Development Bank Staff Union
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Botswana National Front
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Botswana People's Party
The Botswana People's Party (BPP), originally the Bechuanaland People's Party, is a political party in Botswana formed in December 1960 during the colonial era. As a result of disappointment with the Legislative Council, under the leadership of ...
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Botswana Postal Services Workers' Union
The Botswana Postal Services Workers' Union (BOPSWU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is ...
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Botswana Power Corporation Workers' Union
The Botswana Power Corporation Workers' Union (BPCWU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana.
See also
* Botswana Power Corporation
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Botswana Private Medical & Health Services Workers' Union
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Botswana Railways Amalgamated Workers' Union
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Botswana Saving Bank Employees' Union
The Botswana Saving Bank Employees' Union (BSEU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a l ...
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Botswana Telecommunication Employees' Union
The Botswana Telecommunication Employees' Union (BOTEU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ) ...
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Botswana Vaccine Institute Staff Union
The Botswana Vaccine Institute Staff Union (BVSU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a ...
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Botswana Wholesale, Furniture & Retail Workers' Union
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Botswana at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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Botswana at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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Botswana at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Botswana at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Botswana was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a xx-member strong contingent comprising 21 sportspersons and xx officials.
2006 Commonwealth Games Medal Count, Medals
Silver
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California Molefe
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Caterplus Botswana (Pty) Ltd
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International Socialist Organization (Botswana)
The International Socialists Botswana (ISBO) is a small Botswanan Trotskyist organisation. It is part of the International Socialist Tendency and produces a newspaper called ''Socialism from Below''.
They have campaigned over workers rights, par ...
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Islam in Botswana
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Joseph Legwaila
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Kgotla
A ''kgotla'' (English pronunciation or ) is a public meeting, community council, or traditional law court of a Botswana village. It is usually headed by the village chief or headman, and community decisions are always arrived at by consensus. H ...
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Khumiso Ikgopoleng
Khumiso Stephen Ikgopoleng (born 5 December 1979) is a coach and former boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was eliminated in the second round of the men's featherweight (– 57 k ...
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Lechedzani Luza
Lechedzani Luza (born December 20, 1978) is a boxer from Botswana. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Luza took the silver medal. He took gold in 2004 at the 2nd Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana, finally defeating Madagascar's ...
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Lenyeletse Seretse
Lenyeletse Mpetwane Seretse (25 June 19213 January 1983) was the second Vice-President of Botswana from July 1980 until his death on 3 January 1983. From Serowe, Northern Botswana, Seretse was appointed Vice-President to placate his fellow Northern ...
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Mmegi
''Mmegi'' is an English-language national newspaper in Botswana, with occasional articles or comments in Setswana. Established in 1984, it is now published daily online and weekly on print format by Dikgang Publishing House in the capital, Gabor ...
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Moses Tito Kachima
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Moteane Melamu
Moteane John Melamu is a writer and academic from Botswana. He is a professor at the University of Botswana
The University of Botswana, popularly known as UB, was established in 1982 as the first institution of higher education in Botswana. The ...
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National Amalgamated Central, Local & Parastatal Manual Workers' Union
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Parliament of Botswana
The Parliament of Botswana consists of the President and the National Assembly. In contrast to other Parliamentary systems, the Parliament elects the President directly (instead of having both a ceremonial President and a Prime Minister who has ...
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Permanent Representatives' Committee of the African Union
The Permanent Representatives' Committee of the African Union is made up of nominated representatives of member countries by the African Union.
Chair - Nigeria
1st Vice-Chair - Republic of Congo
2nd Vice-Chair - Rwanda
3rd Vice-Chair - Lib ...
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Peter Mmusi
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Presidents' Day (Botswana)
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Roman Catholicism in Botswana
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Rural Industry Promotions Company Workers' Union
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University of Botswana Non-Academic Staff Union
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