Botswana
Botswana is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, completely surrounded by four countries: Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Botswana is a true gem among African nations, boasting a remarkable level of wealth and tranquility that few other countries on the continent can match.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Gaborone and Okavango Delta.
Francistown
Francistown is a city in the east of Botswana, near the border with Zimbabwe.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Okavango-Chobe and Southeast.
Okavango-Chobe
Okavango-Chobe is a region in the north of Botswana.
Botswana
- Country with about 2,480,000 residents
- …has Gaborone as its capital
- …uses the Pula (BWP)
- …has the phone code 267
- …uses the internet domain .bw
- …covers 600,370 km² (231,804 miles²)
- Description: sovereign state in Southern Africa
- Also known as“Bechuanaland Protectorate”“Betschuanaland Protektorat”“Betsjoeanaland”“Betsjoeanaland Protektoraat”“British Protectorate of Bechuanaland”“Britse Protektoraat van Betsjoeanaland”“bw”“Lefatse la Botswana”“Lefatshe la Botswana”“Northern Bechuanaland”“Republic of Botswana”
- LanguagesEnglishTswana
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Latitude of center
-21.9° or 21° 54′ south
Longitude of center
24.15° or 24° 9′ east
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In Other Languages
From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Botswana” goes by many names.
БотсванаAbkhazian
BotswanaAchinese
BotswanaAfrikaans
BɔtswanaAkan
BocuanaAlbanian
BocvanaAlbanian
BotsvanaAlbanian
BotsvanëAlbanian
ቦትስዋናAmharic
BotswanaAmis
बोत्स्वानाAngika
بتسواناArabic
بوتسواناArabic
BotsuanaAragonese
BotswanaAragonese
ԲոթսվանաArmenian
ԲոտսվանաArmenian
BotsouanaArpitan
ব’টচোৱানাAssamese
বৎচোৱানাAssamese
BotsuanaAsturian
BotswanaAtayal
ButswanaAymara
BotsvanaAzerbaijani
BotswanaBalinese
BotswanaBambara
BɔtisiwanaBambara
BotswanaBanjar
БотсванаBashkir
BotswanaBasque
BotswanaBavarian
БатсванаBelarusian
বতসোয়ানাBengali
বোত্সওয়ানাBengali
BoswanaBetawi
बोत्सवानाBhojpuri
বোৎসোয়ানাBishnupriya
BotsuanaBislama
BatswanaBole
BocvanaBosnian
BotswanaBreton
БотсванаBulgarian
БотсуанаBulgarian
ဘော့စ်ဝါနာBurmese
ဘော့ဆွာနာBurmese
ဘော့ဆွာနာနိုင်ငံBurmese
BotswanaCatalan
República de BotswanaCatalan
BotswanaCebuano
BotswanaCentral Bikol
BotswanaCentral Kanuri
بۆتسواناCentral Kurdish
BotswanaChavacano
БотсванаChechen
ᏆᏣᏩᎾCherokee
BotswanaCheyenne
BócíwǎnàChinese
博国Chinese
博茨瓦納Chinese
博茨瓦納共和國Chinese
博茨瓦纳Chinese
博茨瓦纳 / 波札那Chinese
博茨瓦纳共和国Chinese
波札那Chinese
波札那共和國Chinese
БотсванаChuvash
BotswanaCornish
BotazuanaCorsican
BotsvanaCrimean Tatar
BocvanaCroatian
BotswanaCzech
BotswanaDagbani
BotswanaDanish
ބޮޓުސްވާނާDhivehi
BotswanaDimli (individual language)
बोत्सवानाDotyali
BotswanaDutch
Republiek BotswanaDutch
བྷོཙ་ཝ་ན།Dzongkha
БотсванеаEastern Mari
بوتسواناEgyptian Arabic
BocvanoEsperanto
Respubliko BocvanoEsperanto
BotswanaEstonian
Botswana VabariikEstonian
BotswanaEwe
Botswana nutomeEwe
BotsuanaExtremaduran
BotswanaFarefare
BotsvanaFaroese
BotswanaFiji Hindi
BotswanaFinnish
Botswanan tasavaltaFinnish
BoosuwaanaFulah
BotswaanaFulah
BotswanaFulah
BotsvanaGagauz
BotsuanaGalician
BotswanaGalician
República de BotsuanaGalician
BotiswanaGanda
BotswanaGanda
ბოტსვანაGeorgian
BotswanaGhanaian Pidgin English
Republic of BotswanaGhanaian Pidgin English
بۊتسۊاناGilaki
ΜποτσουάναGreek
VotusuanaGuarani
BotswanaGuianese Creole French
બોત્સ્વાનાGujarati
BotswanaGun
BotswanaHaitian
BotswanaHakka Chinese
BaswanaHausa
BotswanaHausa
BotuanaHawaiian
בוטסואנהHebrew
בוטסוואנהHebrew
בוטסוונהHebrew
בוצוואנהHebrew
बोत्स्वानाHindi
BecsuánaföldHungarian
BotswanaHungarian
Botswanai KöztársaságHungarian
BotswanaIban
BotsvanaIcelandic
BotswanaIdo
BotswanaIgbo
BotswanaIloko
BotswanaInari Sami
Botswana täsiväldiInari Sami
BotswanaIndonesian
BotswanaInterlingua
BotswanaInterlingue
PaasuanaInupiaq
An BhotsuáinIrish
BotswanaItalian
BotswaanaJamaican Creole English
ボツワナJapanese
ボツワナ共和国Japanese
BotswanaJavanese
PɔcɩwaanaaKabiyè
BotsuanaKabuverdianu
ButswanaKabyle
BotswanaKalaallisut
Ботсвамудин ОрнKalmyk
ಬೋಟ್ಸ್ವಾನಾKannada
BotsvanaKara-Kalpak
БотсванаKarachay-Balkar
BasuwanaKarekare
بوتَسواناKashmiri
بوٹسواناKashmiri
बोत्सवानाKashmiri
БотсванаKazakh
បុតស្វាណាKhmer
BotswanaKikuyu
BotswanaKinyarwanda
БотсванаKirghiz
BotswanaKölsch
BotswanaKongo
보츠와나Korean
BotswanaKotava
BotswanaKurdish
بۆتسواناKurdish
BotsuanaLadin
BotswanaLadin
BotswanaLadino
ບອັດສະວານາLao
ປະເທດບົດສະວານາLao
BotsvanaLatgalian
BotsuanaLatin
BotswanaLatin
BotsvānaLatvian
БотсванаLezghian
Ботсва́на Респу́бликаLezghian
BòtswanaLigurian
BotswanaLimburgan
BotswanaLingala
BotsuanaLingua Franca Nova
波札那Literary Chinese
BotsvanaLithuanian
BotsvanaLivvi
botsuanasLojban
BotswanaLombard
BotswanaLow German
Republik BotswanaLow German
BotsuanaLower Sorbian
MbotswanaLuba-Katanga
BotsvádnaLule Sami
Botsvána republihkkaLule Sami
Botsvána republijkkaLule Sami
BotsvánnaLule Sami
republihkka BotsvádnaLule Sami
republihkka BotsvánnaLule Sami
republijkka BotsvádnaLule Sami
republijkka BotsvánnaLule Sami
BotsuanaLuxembourgish
BotswanaLuxembourgish
BotswanaMacedo-Romanian
БоцванаMacedonian
Република БоцванаMacedonian
BôtsoanaMalagasy
BotswanaMalay
ബോട്സ്വാനMalayalam
BotswanaMaltese
il-BotswanaMaltese
Repubblika tal-BotswanaMaltese
ꯕꯣꯇ꯭ꯁ꯭ꯋꯥꯅꯥManipuri
BotswanaManx
y VotswaanManx
Yn VotswaanManx
PoriwanaMaori
बोट्सवानाMarathi
बोत्स्वानाMarathi
بوتسواناMazanderani
BotswanaMin Dong Chinese
BotswanaMin Nan Chinese
BotswanaMinangkabau
ბოტსვანაMingrelian
ZabotsuanaMirandese
БотсванаMoksha
БотсванMongolian
БотсванаMongolian
بوتسواناMoroccan Arabic
بوطسواناMoroccan Arabic
BotswanaMossi
ߓߐߕߑߛߎߥߣߊ߫N'Ko
BotwanaNauru
Halchíítah Naakaii Łizhiní BikéyahNavajo
Tswana Dineʼé BikéyahNavajo
बोट्स्वानाNepali
बोत्स्वानाNepali
बोत्स्वानाNewari
BotswanaNigerian Pidgin
BotswanaNorth Ndebele
BotsuanaNorthern Frisian
BotswanaNorthern Frisian
بوتسواناNorthern Luri
BotswanaNorthern Sami
Botswana dásseváldiNorthern Sami
BotswanaNorwegian
BotswanaNorwegian Bokmål
Republikken BotswanaNorwegian Bokmål
BotswanaNorwegian Nynorsk
BotswanaNovial
BotswanaNupe-Nupe-Tako
BotsuwanaObolo
BotswanaOccitan (post 1500)
BotswanaOld English (ca. 450-1100)
BotsƿanaOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ବୋଟସ୍ବାନ୍Oriya
ବୋଟସ୍ୱାନାOriya
ବୋସଚୱାନାOriya
BootiswaanaaOromo
БотсванæOssetian
बोत्सवानाPali
BotswanaPampanga
ਬੋਤਸਵਾਨਾPanjabi
BotswanaPapiamento
BotswanaPedi
BotsuanaPennsylvania German
BotswanaPennsylvania German
بوتسواناPersian
BotswanaPiemontese
BotswanaPitcairn-Norfolk
BotswanaPolish
بوتسواناPushto
بوتسوانهPushto
BotsuanaQuechua
ButswanaQuechua
PutsuwanaQuechua
BotswanaRomanian
BotswanaRomansh
BotswanaRundi
БотсванаRussia Buriat
БотсванаRussian
Республика БотсванаRussian
БотсванаRusyn
BotswanaSakizaya
BotsvanaSamogitian
BotswanaSango
बोत्सवानाSanskrit
ᱵᱳᱛᱥᱳᱣᱟᱱᱟSantali
BotswanaSardinian
BotzuanaSardinian
BotsuanaSaterfriesisch
BotswanaScots
BotsuanaScottish Gaelic
BotsvanaSerbian
БоцванаSerbian
BocvanaSerbo-Croatian
မိူင်းပွတ်ႉသဝႃႇၼႃႇShan
BotswanaShona
VutswanaShona
BotsuanaSicilian
BotswanaSilesian
بوٽسواناSindhi
බොට්ස්වානාSinhala
බොට්ස්වානාවSinhala
බොස්ට්වානාSinhala
BotswanaSkolt Sami
Botswana tääʹssväʹlddSkolt Sami
BotswanaSlovak
Botswanská republikaSlovak
BocvanaSlovenian
bwSlovenian
Lefatshe la BotswanaSlovenian
Republika BocvanaSlovenian
BotswanaSomali
BotuswaanaSomali
بوتسواناSouth Azerbaijani
BotswanaSouth Ndebele
BotswanaSouthern Sotho
ⴱⵓⵜⵙⵡⴰⵏⴰStandard Moroccan Tamazight
BotswanaSundanese
BotswanaSwahili
ÉButjwánaSwati
BotswanaSwedish
Republiken BotswanaSwedish
BotsuanaSwiss German
BotswanaTachelhit
ButswanaTachelhit
BotswanaTagalog
БотсванаTajik
BotsvanəTalysh
போட்சுவானாTamil
போட்ஸ்வானாTamil
BotswanaTaroko
БотсванаTatar
బోట్స్వానాTelugu
బోత్సువానాTelugu
บอตสวานาThai
ประเทศบอตสวานาThai
สาธารณรัฐบอตสวานาThai
བྷོ་ཙི་ཝ་ན།Tibetan
ቦትስዋናTigrinya
PotisiuanaTonga (Tonga Islands)
BotswanaTornedalen Finnish
BotswanaTsonga
BotswanaTswana
ಬೋಟ್ಸ್ವಾನTulu
BotswanaTumbuka
بوتسواناTunisian Arabic
BotsvanaTurkish
Botsvana CumhuriyetiTurkish
BotswanaTurkish
BotswanaTurkmen
BotswanaTwi
BotswanaTyap
Ri̱pobi̱lik BotswanaTyap
БотсванаUdmurt
بوتسۋاناUighur
БотсванаUkrainian
Республіка БотсванаUkrainian
BotswanaUpper Sorbian
بوتسواناUrdu
بوٹسواناUrdu
BotsvanaUzbek
Vhu-TswanaVenda
BotsuanaVenetian
BotswanaVenetian
BotsvanVeps
Bốt-xoa-naVietnamese
Bốt-xoa-na (Botswana)Vietnamese
BotswanaVietnamese
bwVietnamese
Cộng hòa BotswanaVietnamese
BotswanaVlax Romani
ZvanänVolapük
BotswanaVõro
BoswanaWalloon
BotswanaWaray (Philippines)
BotswanaWelsh
ՊոթսուանաWestern Armenian
بوتسواناWestern Balochi
BotswanaWestern Frisian
بوٹسواناWestern Panjabi
BotswanaWolof
博茨瓦纳Wu Chinese
IBotswanaXhosa
БотсванаYakut
БотсуанаYakut
באצוואַנעYiddish
Bọ̀tìsúwánàYoruba
BòtswánàYoruba
Orílẹ́ède Bọ̀tìsúwánàYoruba
波茨華拿Yue Chinese
BotswanaZeeuws
BotswanaZhuang
i-BotswanaZulu
IButswanaZulu
BOT
Botswanah
Botswanah Axkayotl
BWA
ma Posuwana
ma Suwana
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