Conventional Long Form Name of Country: Republic of Botswana
Capital City: Gaborone
Type of Government: Parliamentary Republic
Date of Independence: September 30,1966
National Holidays: Independence Day (September 30th,1966)
Chief of State: President Seretse Khama Ian
Head of Government: President Seretse Khama Ian
Sufferage: 18 years of age, Universal
Ambassador to the U.S: Tebelelo Mazile
Location of Embassy in the U.S: 1531-1533 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
Location of their consulates in the U.S: N/A
U.S Ambassador to them: Michael J. Murphy
Location of U.S Ambassador there: Embassy Drive, Government Enclave (off Khama Crescent), Gaborone
Location of their consulates there: N/A
Representative to UN: N/A
National Symbols: zebra; national colors: blue, white, black
International Disputes: The alignment of the boundary with Namibia in the Kwando/Linyanti/Chobe River, including the Situngu marshlands, was resolved amicably in 2003; concerns from international experts and local populations over the ecology of the Okavango Delta in Botswana and human displacement scuttled Namibian plans to construct a hydroelectric dam at Popavalle (Popa Falls) along the Angola-Namibia border; Botswana has built electric fences to stem the thousands of Zimbabweans who flee to find work and escape political persecution; Namibia has long supported, and in 2004 Zimbabwe dropped objections to, plans between Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi River, thereby de facto recognizing the short, but not clearly delimited, Botswana-Zambia boundary. (http://www.bartleby.com/151/fields/145.html)
Stateless nation: None
Capital City: Gaborone
Type of Government: Parliamentary Republic
Date of Independence: September 30,1966
National Holidays: Independence Day (September 30th,1966)
Chief of State: President Seretse Khama Ian
Head of Government: President Seretse Khama Ian
Sufferage: 18 years of age, Universal
Ambassador to the U.S: Tebelelo Mazile
Location of Embassy in the U.S: 1531-1533 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
Location of their consulates in the U.S: N/A
U.S Ambassador to them: Michael J. Murphy
Location of U.S Ambassador there: Embassy Drive, Government Enclave (off Khama Crescent), Gaborone
Location of their consulates there: N/A
Representative to UN: N/A
National Symbols: zebra; national colors: blue, white, black
International Disputes: The alignment of the boundary with Namibia in the Kwando/Linyanti/Chobe River, including the Situngu marshlands, was resolved amicably in 2003; concerns from international experts and local populations over the ecology of the Okavango Delta in Botswana and human displacement scuttled Namibian plans to construct a hydroelectric dam at Popavalle (Popa Falls) along the Angola-Namibia border; Botswana has built electric fences to stem the thousands of Zimbabweans who flee to find work and escape political persecution; Namibia has long supported, and in 2004 Zimbabwe dropped objections to, plans between Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi River, thereby de facto recognizing the short, but not clearly delimited, Botswana-Zambia boundary. (http://www.bartleby.com/151/fields/145.html)
Stateless nation: None
Light blue with a horizontal white-edged black stripe in the center; the blue symbolizes water in the form of rain, while the black and white bands represent racial harmony
Botswana National Anthem
https://youtu.be/dw-95AG5UfU