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Country
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Botswana |
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Leader
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President: Seretse Khama Ian Khama
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Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor Prime minister: Ralph Gonsalves
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Population
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2,098,018
| 103,537
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Life Expectancy
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55.740 years
| 74.390 years
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Capital City
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Gaborone
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Largest city
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| Gaborone (population: 208,411) | Kingstown (population: 24,518) |
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Human Development Index
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0.664
| 0.766
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| GDP per capita |
$16,200 US
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Literacy Rate
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81.2%
| 96%
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Corruption Perception Index
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5.8
| 6.5
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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11.1%
| 18.2%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
7.500%
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Death Penalty
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Legal
| Legal
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Political System
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parliamentary republic
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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30 September 1966 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Christian 71.6%, Badimo 6%, other 1.4%, unspecified 0.4%, none 20.6% (2001 census)
| Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, other (includes Hindu, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant) 12%
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| Languages |
Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English 2.1% (official), other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census)
| English, French patois
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| Exports |
diamonds, copper, nickel, soda ash, meat, textiles
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| External Debt |
$1,973,000,000 $
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| Exchange Rate |
pulas (BWP) per US dollar - 6.7907 (2008 est.), 6.2035 (2007), 5.8447 (2006), 5.1104 (2005), 4.6929 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
3.300%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Southern Africa, north of South Africa
| Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
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| Area |
581,730 km sq
| 389 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 84 km
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| Climate |
semiarid; warm winters and hot summers
| tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)
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