Explore Botswana in Africa - Botswana Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Botswana with its capital Gaborone is located in Africa (Southern Africa, north of South Africa). It covers some 600,371 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Texas) with 1,842,000 citizens. English and Tswana are the the languages commonly used by the people in Botswana. Zimbabwe, South Africa and Namibia are bordering countries.

Botswana is a land-locked country located in Southern Africa. Botswana is famous for its wildlife areas like the Chobe National Park, Moremi National Park in the Okavango Delta or the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The bulk of the Kalahari desert falls within Botswana's borders and Botswana is home to most of the world's San (bushman) population. People in Botswana are very friendly and the crime rate is low. There isn't much to worry about on this front. The northern part of Botswana, including Chobe National Park and the Okavango Delta is in a malaria zone, so it is advisable to take the relevant precautions. Seek medical advice before travelling to these areas.

Pictures from Gaborone (Capital)

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About Botswana

The landscape features predominantly flat to gently rolling tableland and Kalahari Desert in southwest. The average density of population is about 3 per km². The climate in can be described as semiarid with warm winters and hot summers. Potential threats by nature are periodic droughts or seasonal August winds blow from the west, carrying sand and dust across the country, which can obscure visibility.

To reach someone in Botswana dial +267 prior to a number. There are 144,200 installed telephones. And there are 1,874,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".bw". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 9 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Botswana

Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Botswana Tourism

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Tsodilo

With one of the highest concentrations of rock art in the world, Tsodilo has been called the ''Louvre of the Desert''. Over 4,500 paintings are preserved in an area of only 10 km2 of the Kalahari...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Botswana

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Botswana is growing at an rate of 1.84% (or by 37,400 citizens). Each year 9,964 people enter this country (or 4.90 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.35%. Or an total increase of 27,436 citizens.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.