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Republic of Botswana Lefatshe la Botswana (Tswana) | |
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 Location of Botswana (dark green) | |
| Capital and largest city | Gaborone 24°39.5′S 25°54.5′E / 24.6583°S 25.9083°E |
| Official languages | English |
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| Government | Unitary dominant-partyparliamentary constitutional republic |
| Mokgweetsi Masisi | |
| Slumber Tsogwane | |
| Phandu Skelemani | |
| Terence Rannowane | |
| Legislature | National Assembly |
| Independence from the United Kingdom | |
• Established (Constitution) | 30 September 1966 |
| Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (47th) |
• Water (%) | 2.7 |
| Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 2,250,260 (145th) |
• 2011 census | 2,024,904 |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (231st) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $44.3 billion |
• Per capita | $18,654 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $19.651 billion |
• Per capita | $8,263 |
| Gini (2015) | ▼ 53.3 high |
| HDI (2019) |  0.735high · 100th |
| Currency | Botswana pula (BWP) |
| Time zone | Central Africa Time (GMT+2) |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +267 |
| ISO 3166 code | BW |
| Internet TLD | .bw |
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Botswana (officially called the Republic of Botswana) is a country in southern Africa. The capital of Botswana is Gaborone.
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