Botswana

Africa

Southern Africa, north of South Africa.

		21.902278S 23.6206055E
President Ian Khama

Capital
Gaborone

Government
Parliamentary republic

Religion
Christian 71.6%, Badimo 6%, other 1.4%, unspecified 0.4%, none 20.6%.

Population
2,029,307

Ethnic group
Tswana (or Setswana) 79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, other, including Kgalagadi and white 7%.

National Language                    
Setswana
           
National Day
30 September 1966 (from the U K)

Anthem
Fatshe leno la rona (This Land of Ours)

Currency
Pula (BWP)

Attractions
Chobe National Park, Moremi Wildlife Reserve, Okavango Delta 

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Okavango Delta             The Okavango Delta (or Okavango Swamp), in Botswana, is the world's largest inland delta. It is formed where the Okavango River empties onto a swamp in an endorheic basin in the Kalahari Desert, where most of the water is lost to evaporation and transpiration instead of draining into the sea. Each year approximately 11 cubic kilometres of water irrigate the 15,000 km² area and some flood-waters drain into Lake Ngami. The Moremi Game Reserve, a National Park, spreads across the eastern side of the delta. The area was once part of Lake Makgadikgadi, an ancient lake that mostly dried up by the early Holocene.

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Okavango Delta