| Name: | Botswana (Republic of Botswana) |
| Local name (Tswana): | Botswana (Lefatshe la Botswana) |
| Former name: | Bechuanaland - until 1966 |
| Bordering countries: | South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 600.4 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 1 573 ths. |
| Capital: | Gaborone |
| Official languages: | Tswana, English |
