• Motto: Pula (Rain)
• Anthem: This Land Of  Ours
• Continent: Africa
• Geography: Landlocked country with a lot of desert.
• Capital: Gaborone
• Official languages: English, Tswana[national]
• Ethnic groups: Tswana or Setswana 79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, Other including White  and Kgalagadi 7%.
• Demonym (Demo = people; -onym = name): Tswana (Plural: Batswana)
• Government: Parliamentary Republic
• Independence: September/30 /1966
• Area (include % water, if you can find it): 224,607  sq miles in area toatal  and 15,000 sq km in toatal water.
• Population (current estimate & density): 2009  estimation,1,950,000
• Currency: Pula
• Flag: see below
• “Did you know” fact : Botswana is slightly smaller than the state of Texas
• Other interesting/noteworthy facts: Botswana’s natural resources include diamonds, copper, nikel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore and silver.

 

sources:Botswana wikipedia and cia world factbook