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Botswana
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22° S / 24° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Gaborone
- Population
- 2,521,139 2024
- Area
- 582,000 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- English, Tswana
- Currency
- Botswana pula (BWP)
- Geography
- Landlocked
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Botswana
Botswana is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, completely surrounded by four countries: Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Landscape & landmarks
Wildlife is Botswana's main draw. Wildlife parks compose nearly one-fifth of the country. In these parks you will find lions, cheetahs, crocodiles, hippos, elephants, antelopes, wild dogs, and hundreds of species of birds. Visitors can take safaris and stay in lodges running the gamut from inexpensive dorms for backpackers with tour buses to $1,000+/night private lodges with your own maid & driver.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
The cuisine of Botswana is unique but also shares some characteristics with other cuisine of Southern Africa. Examples of Botswana food include Pap, Samp, Vetkoek and Mopane worms.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-08-02. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Southern Africa
- Calling code
- +267
- Internet domain
- .bw
- Land border codes
- NAM, ZAF, ZMB, ZWE
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the left side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .bw. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.