15 Nov 2024        15:17:08 pm

International Relations

Botswana

Tags : Botswana

Topic: Africa

Why in the news?

• Botswana’s president concedes defeat in the election, ending the ruling party’s 58 years in power. The ruling BDP party lost the majority in the election, the opposition coalition UDC won 23 seats.

Source: The Hindu 

About Botswana:

• It is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. 
• Its capital is Gaborone.
• It is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. 
• It is bordered by:
  • South Africa to the south and southeast
  • Namibia to the west and north
  • Zambia to the north
  • Zimbabwe to the northeast
• With a population of slightly over 2.4 million people and a comparable land area to France, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. 
• It is essentially the nation-state of the Tswana people, who constitute nearly 80 percent of the population.
• The Limpopo River Basin lies partly in Botswana, along with the basins of its tributaries, Notwane, Bonwapitse, Mahalapye, Lotsane, Motloutse and Shashe.
  • The Notwane provides water to the capital through the Gaborone Dam.
  • The Chobe River meets with the Zambezi River at a place called Kazungula.

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