Botswana

Botswana capital is Gaborone. Botswana has one of the world's highest known rates of HIV/AIDS infection. Botswana industries is diamonds, copper, nicket, sakt, soda ash, and potash.

Botswana population is 196,342,592. The country's population is mainly Tswana, who speak a Bantu language and are divided into eight major groups. The terrain is mostly an arid plateau (c.3,000 ft/910 m high); in the east are hills. The Kalahari Desert lies in the south and west. In the northwest the Okavango (Cubango) River drains into the vast region of the Okavango

Delta and Lake Ngami, thus forming a huge marshland.There are also small minorities of Kalanga, Basarwa, Kgalagadi, and other poeples. English is the official language, but Tswana is also widely spoken.

More than 70% of the population follow Christianity and about 10% adhere to traditional practices. Cattle raising and the export of beef and other cattle products and subsistence farming are the chief agricultural activities.

Botswana is governed under the constitution of 1966. The president, who is both head of state and head of government, is indirectly elected to a five-year term and is eligible for a second term. Tourism is an increasingly important industry in Botswana, The Okavango Delta, is located in Botswana.

The most popular sport in Botswana is football. The official languages of Botswana are English and Setswana. The Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Citizens of Botswana are called "Batswana", regardless of ethnicity. Formerly a British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth.