Botswana

= Botswana __Capital: Gaborone__ = = = 



Bot 

= = = = = = = = = = = =



It is a very interesting country that is mainly Protestant. They also have a long story over there fighting of there independence.


 * Demographics Page**

Land Area: 569,582 sq km Population: 1,600,000 Mortality Rate: 57.2 Birth Rate: 32

Religions: Protestant 67%, Roman Catholic 5%, Indigenous 23%, Islam .3%, Hindu .15 Ethnicities: Tswana/ Setswana 79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, Kgalagadi/ white 7%

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Climate description of Botswana: The climate regions of botswana are, Semiarid, Dry, Desert .= = = = = = = = =




 * [[image:CHART.jpg]]

The climate subregion does recieve precipitation just not that much, about 16 inches of rain per year. Desert receive less than 10 inches of rain per year, some times they are cold and some time its hot. The hight temperature is 90° Fahrenheit. The lowest temperature was 72° Fahrenheit.** **culture page**
 * The traditional ceremonial clothing of the Tswanese are made of several bright layers with noticely wide hats.
 * Sorghum or corn meal porriedge is the staple of most Botswana meals. Soored milk, and/or sugar and tea. spinach, beans, rice, goat, sheep.
 * Safaris come at a very high quality and a very high price, with a very pure and comfortible safari experience being created by flying around usually 2 to 5 safari lodges to watch the native wildlife.

In the 1800's, war and hostilties erupted betweent eh native Tswana inhabitants of the area and Ndebele tribes, a territorial group that was

migrating into that area from the Kalahari desert. There were also tensions with Europeans that were travelling into this general area. After

the Botswana king put in appeals to the English Crown, the British government put the land under it's protection. Part of Botswana,

however, was lost to war and became part of the cape Colony, now the Northwest Province of South Africa. (The country.) When the Union

of South Africa was formed in 1910, they kept trying to absorb large parts of Botswana. The Parliament, however, kept delaying the

transaction and it never occured. Between regular meeting sof local and UK powers, Botswana established it's own legislature in 1934.

Since then, the seat of power has changed locations several times. In 1965, the freshly wirtten Constitution led to the first general

elections, and later independance on September 30th, 1966. According to NATO, Botswana is the least corrupt country in africa at the

current. In 2002-2003, an AIDS pandemic flew throughout the country. Since then, however, it has been queled to a degree that it's no

longer on the highest priority. Of course, it took several years and secen billion dollars. However, the economic impact from the pandemic

was considerable, and they are sitll recovering.

= =