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	Botswana - Simple English Wikipedia
		Botswana is bordered by the countries of Zimbabwe, South Africa and Namibia.
		Botswana is a democracy and the people vote for their political leaders.
		Botswana's economy comes mostly from the mining of diamonds, as well as metals such as copper and of minerals such as salt.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Botswana (341 words)

	Botswana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Botswana is dominated by the Kalahari Desert, which covers up to 70% of the land surface of the country.
		Botswana's impressive economic record has been built on the foundation of wisely using revenue generated from diamond mining to fuel economic development through prudent fiscal policies and a cautious foreign policy.
		Botswana joins the African consensus on most major international matters and is a member of international organizations such as the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations and the African Union (AU).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Botswana (2449 words)

	Botswana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The roots of Botswana's democracy lie in Setswana traditions, exemplified by the, or village council, in which the powers of traditional leaders are limited by custom and law.
		Botswana seeks to further diversify its economy away from minerals, which account for a third of GDP, down from nearly half of GDP in the early 1990's.
		Botswana joins the African consensus on most major international matters and is a member of international organizations such as the United Nations and the African Union (AU).
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Botswana (2384 words)

	Botswana History Page 7: Geography
		Botswana is bounded by Namibia to the west and north (the Caprivi Strip), Zambia to the northeast, Zimbabwe to the north-east, and South Africa to the southeast and south.
		The ancient lakes of Okavango and Makgadikgadi are evidence of ancient tectonic movements in northern Botswana.
		The human and livestock population of Botswana is concentrated around the hill ranges of the eastern hardveld and along the perennial rivers of the north.
	www.thuto.org /ubh/bw/bhp7.htm (2135 words)

	Botswana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Botswana is a land-locked country in the Southern end of Africa.
		Botswana is bisected by the Tropic of Capricorn, which is 23 degrees south of the Equator.
		Botswana has a total of 888 km of railway that is used for transportation.
	www.students.i.csbsju.edu /ijflenner/botswana.htm (538 words)

	roots_botswana_background
		Botswana is a large, landlocked plateau country in the centre of southern Africa, bordered in the south-east by South Africa, in the west by Namibia, with Zambia and Zimbabwe to the north and north-east respectively.
		Botswana is viewed internationally as an example of a peaceful and increasingly prosperous democratic state.
		In 2001, Botswana had the highest reported rate of HIV infection in the world: 350,000 of its 1.6 million people were infected, and half the population between 25 and 29 are dying of the disease.
	www.ucc.ie /famine/roots/backgrounds/botswanaoverview.htm (655 words)

	Botswana The Land (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Botswana is a completely landlocked country in the centre of Southern Africa.
		Botswana became independent in 1966, with the constitution providing for a republican form of government.
		Botswana is run as a multiparty democracy, with elections held every five years.
	www.sadcreview.com /country_profiles/botswana/bot_theland.htm (426 words)

	Africa Travel Centre : Botswana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Botswana's wildlife department has developed a plan for their country's tourism emphasizing low impact, low volume, and high quality game viewing.
		Botswana doesn't have much in the way of budget options, but if you can afford a visit, you'll understand why it remains one of the top safari destinations in the world.
		English is the official language in Botswana due to its former relationship with Britain, however, there are many ethnic groups throughout the country with their own.
	www.africatvl.com /countries/botswana.html (624 words)

	An MBendi Profile: Botswana - Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Botswana’s economy is one of the healthiest in Africa and the country has one of the world’s highest growth rates, largely attributed to abundant diamond resources coupled with sound macroeconomic policies.
		Agriculture in Botswana manifests itself mainly in the form of subsistence farming and cattle raising.
		Botswana has a number of chambers of commerce and industry and details of these can be found via our Organisation Search, as can details of relevant government departments.
	mbendi.co.za /cybocy.htm (1526 words)

	World Factbook Botswana, Botswana Map, Map of Botswana, Information on Botswana, Location of Botswana
		Botswana, situated in Southern Africa, gained independence from the British rule in September 1996 and is the world's largest supplier of gem-quality diamonds, with two-thirds of production meeting gem standards.
		Botswana is a landlocked country, bounded on the north and west by Namibia, on the northeast by Zambia and Zimbabwe, and on the southeast and south by South Africa.
		The country of Botswana is mainly a tableland with an average elevation of about 3,300 ft. The Kalahari Desert covers the central and southwestern portions of the country.
	www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/botswana.html (330 words)

	Botswana: Facts in Brief 2
		Botswana is the largest exporter of diamonds in the world.
		Tourism is becoming a major industry in Botswana, because of its conservation activity and large wilderness areas, including the famous Okavango Swamps and the Kalahari desert.
		Botswana is a flat country, with some hilly areas in the east.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/afribotswana3.htm (253 words)

	Adventure in Botswana
		Botswana is one of the few remaining destinations in Africa that still provides a good sense of the adventure of safari.
		Although this area of Botswana is only sparsely inhabited by humans, it is one of the richest wildlife regions in all of Africa.
		Botswana was granted protectorate status (as Bechuanaland) in 1885, though local authority was maintained with determination by the Tswana chiefs.
	www.geographia.com /botswana/index.html (498 words)

	Why War? Keywords: Botswana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		And countries including South Africa and Botswana are in negotiations with the administration over a potentially lucrative f...
		Bush spoke in Gaborone, Botswana, amid a debate at home about erroneous evidence that the administration ci...
		The Republic of Botswana is a landlocked nation of southern Africa.
	www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/places/Botswana (301 words)

	Botswana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The roots of Botswana's democracy lie in Setswana traditions, exemplified by theKgotla, or village council, in which the powers of traditional leaders were limited bycustom and law.
		Botswana's impressive economic record has been built on a foundation of diamond mining,with prudent fiscal policies, international financial and technical assistance, andcareful foreign policy ensuring success.
		Botswana's currency--the pula--is fully convertible and is valued against a basket ofcurrencies heavily weighted toward the South African rand.
	clinton4.nara.gov /Africa/botswana.html (1804 words)

	Botswana
		GEOGRAPHY: Botswana is bordered to the south and east by South Africa, to the northeast by Zimbabwe, to the north and west by Namibia and touches Zambia just west of the Victoria Falls.
		Botswana is a vast dry land with over 80% of the country being semi-desert (sand with thorn and scrub bush), so there are many remote areas to visit, with abundant wildlife.
		Botswana was initially brought under British colonial control in the 19th century by the British South Africa Company, who supervised the territory, which became known as Bechuanaland Protectorate.
	www.geocities.com /district412/Botswana.htm (4616 words)

	Botswana
		In 2001, Botswana had the highest rate of HIV infection in the world: 350,000 of its 1.6 million people were infected, and half of the population between 25 and 29 was dying of the disease.
		Botswana: Bibliography - Bibliography See Z. Cervenka, Republic of Botswana (1970); A. Sillery, Botswana (1974); J. Botswana: History - History San (Bushmen) were the aboriginal inhabitants of what is now Botswana, but they constitute...
		Botswana: Government - Government Botswana is a multiparty parliamentary republic operating under a 1966 constitution.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107353.html (588 words)

	geography of Botswana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The area of Botswana is approximately 581,730 square kilometres and is about the size of France or Kenya.
		lthough Botswana has no mountain ranges to speak of, the almost uniformly flat landscape is punctuated occasionally by low hills, especially along the southeastern boundary and in the far northwest.
		Botswana's highest point is 1,491m Otse Mountain near Lobatse, but the three major peaks of the Tsodilo Hills, in the country's northwestern corner, are more dramatic.
	www.koytravel.com /geography.htm (688 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
		Botswana's creditable record has not spared it from criticism on other human rights issues, such as the maintenance of the death penalty, or the recent expulsion of Professor Good, an Australian-born academic.
		Botswana is notably free of corruption, ranked the least corrupt country in Africa by Transparency International, and the 25th least corrupt country in the world.
		Botswana supplied troops to the UN in Somalia (UNOSOM) and Mozambique, and participated in the SADC intervention in Lesotho in 1998.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019501151218 (1233 words)

	Botswana (10/05)
		Botswana maintains an embassy at 1531-1533 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington DC 20036 (tel.
		Botswana is one of the 15 focus countries for PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief and began receiving funding and assistance under this program in January 2004.
		PEPFAR assistance to Botswana, which totaled $20 million in FY 2004 and doubled to $40 million in FY 2005, is contributing to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care interventions.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1830.htm (3825 words)

	Second US-SSA AGOA Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Botswana has maintained one of the world's highest growth rates since independence in 1966.
		Through fiscal discipline and sound management, Botswana has transformed itself from one of the poorest countries in the world to a middle-income country with a per capita GDP of $6,600 in 2000.
		Diamond mining has fuelled much of Botswana's economic expansion and currently accounts for more than one-third of GDP and for three-fourths of export earnings.
	www.agoa.mu /botswana.htm (457 words)

	Botswana - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It is bound by the Republic of South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west, Zambia to the north and Zimbabwe to the northeast.
		Relations between Botswana and South Africa have improved with the present dismantling of apartheid and in Nov. 1990 Pres.
		During 1991 Botswana implemented a favorable investment code that attracted foreign investment, particularly from South Africa while the government also sought to diversify its economy from the traditional mainstay of diamond exports.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/botswan.htm (1136 words)

	Botswana Tours \| Botswana Tour Guide \| iExplore
		Botswana borders South Africa to the south and east, Zimbabwe to the northeast and Namibia to the north.
		Botswana is bordered to the south and east by South Africa, to the northeast by Zimbabwe, to the north and west by Namibia and touches Zambia just west of the Victoria Falls.
		To the far southwest is the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park, which ranges across the borders of Botswana, South Africa and Namibia, but is managed as a single entity.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Botswana/Overview (387 words)

	BOTSWANA COUNTRY PROFILE
		Botswana is a semi-arid, landlocked country in the centre of Southern Africa, with a total area of 581 730 km
		Botswana accepts that food self-sufficiency is neither achievable nor sustainable.
		Botswana faces a substantial shortfall in water supplies as competing uses and consequent high opportunity cost of water makes it uneconomic for irrigation.
	www.fao.org /WAICENT/faoinfo/agricult/aquastat/BOT.HTM (1221 words)

	1Up Travel > Botswana > Travel & Tourism \| Tourist Guide to Botswana
		Botswana is a country in the centre of southern Africa.
		Botswana is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, an association of former British colonies.
		The Batswana, a term also used to denote all citizens of Botswana, refers to the country's major ethnic group (the "Tswana" in South Africa), which came into the area from South Africa during the Zulu wars of the early 1880s.
	www.1uptravel.com /international/africa/botswana (933 words)

	Botswana Geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Geography is the scientific study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth.
		Geography is much more than cartography, the study of maps, nor is it the study of 'capes and bays'.
		It not only investigates what is where on the Earth, but also whyit's there and not somewhere else, sometimes referred to as "location in space." It studies this whether the cause is natural orhuman.
	www.thesonars.com /web/11517-botswana.geography.html (406 words)

	Botswana Economy
		Botswana's Central Kalahari Game Reserve also offers good game viewing and some of the most remote and unspoiled wilderness in southern Africa.
		Botswana abolished foreign exchange controls in 1999, has a low corporate tax rate (15%), and no prohibitions on foreign ownership of companies.
		Botswana’s parliament recently adopted both a Privatization Master Plan and a new Competition Policy that are aimed at fostering economic diversification.
	www.traveldocs.com /bw/economy.htm (1814 words)

	Botswana -> Government on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Botswana is a multiparty parliamentary republic operating under a 1966 constitution.
		The 'captive states' of Southern Africa and China: the PRC and Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland.
		Botswana elections to hand victory to party in power since independence
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Botswana_Government.asp (413 words)

	Botswana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Winds over Botswana are predominantly easterly to northeasterly, except in the south-west where the most prevailing wind is northerly.
		Temperatures in winter go below zero and in summer up to 38 °C. The climate of Botswana is therefore described as semi-arid to arid.
		Botswana covers an area of approximately 582,000 km2 lying between latitude 18° south and 27° south and longitude 20° east and 29° east.
	www.hridir.org /countries/botswana (373 words)

	Botswana - Geography
		The main railway line which runs from Zimbabwe to South Africa, is an important transit route between Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
		Botswana's road network is well developed, with tarred roads of a good standard linking all major population centres.
		The Trans-Kalahari highway links Botswana wit all four of its neighbours.
	www.iss.co.za /AF/profiles/botswana/Geography.html (118 words)

	Educational Geography Information -- Botswana
		If you are interested in geography you should also take a look at this educational geography card game for all ages.
		Botswana has one of the world's highest known rates of HIV/AIDS infection, but also one of Africa's most progressive and comprehensive programs for dealing with the disease.
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	www.geographycards.com /countryinfo/bc.html (1207 words)

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