Botswana

About Botswana

Botswana is a country in Southern Africa, one of the 54 countries of Africa on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Botswana. In Arabic, the name is written بوتسوانا, and the capital غابورون. Its geographic centre lies in the Southern and Eastern hemispheres.

The capital of Botswana is Gaborone. Gaborone lies at about 25° south and 26° east. Botswana has 2 official languages: English and Tswana. Its currency is the Botswanan Pula, with the symbol ⁨P⁩ and the international code BWP.

Botswana covers about 582,000 square kilometres, which puts it 47th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It is landlocked, with no coastline, and has 4 neighbours: South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The largest of these neighbours by area is South Africa. Other countries in Southern Africa include Lesotho and Eswatini. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Africa quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Botswana with the other countries of the same region.