Area: 581.883 Km˛
Population: 1.586.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 2,5 pop/Km˛

System of government: Presidential republic
Capital: Gaborone (134.000 pop.)
Major cities: Francistown 50.000 pop.
Ethnic majority: Bantu Sotho-Tswana 90%, Kalanga, Basarwa, Kgalagadi and others 9%, White 1%
Border countries: Zimbabwe EAST, South Africa SOUTH, Namibia WEST and NORTH

Principal mountains: Mount Otse 1489 m
Principal rivers: Limpopo 480 Km (batswana tract, total 1600 Km)
Principal lakes: Makgadikgadi Pans
Principal islands: -
Climate: Continental arid

Language: English (official), Setswana, Shona
Religion: Indigenous Beliefs 50%, Christian 50%
Currency: Pula (BWP)

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