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Botswana Travel and Safari Guide
BACKGROUND INFO
Full Name
Republic of Botswana
Capital City
Gaborone
Area
600,370 sq km
Population
1,600,000
Time Zone
GMT/UTC +2
Weights Measures System
Metric
Languages
• English (official)
Only 2.1% of the population speak English, the official language.
• Setswana (other)
Regardless of their tribal affiliations nearly all Batswana speak Setswana - around 80% of Botswana's total population.
Religion
Christian (71.6%), Badimo (6%), other (1.4%), unspecified (0.4%), none (20.6%)
Government Type
Parliamentary Republic
Government Leaders
Ian Khama
President (head of government)
Country Dialing Code
267
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