World Countries

Botswana

Botswana coat of arms
The flag of Botswana has a light blue field with a white-edged black horizontal band across its center.

Common Name: Botswana

Official Name: Republic of Botswana

Geographic Details

CapitalGaborone
Continent(s)Africa
RegionAfrica
SubregionSouthern Africa
Landlocked✅
Area582,000 km²
Coordinates(22° 0' S, 24° 0' E)

Demographic and Political Information

Population2,359,609
CurrencyBotswana pula (P)
TimezonesUTC+02:00
LanguagesEnglish, Tswana
UN Member✅

Additional Information

Top-level Domain.bw
Calling Code+2
Independent✅
Start of weekmonday
alpha2CodeBW
alpha3CodeBWA