BOTSWANA

LOCATION

OVERVIEW

• One of Africa's most stable countries, is the continent's longest continuous multi-party democracy. Relatively free of corruption and has a good human rights record. Sparsely populated, Botswana protects some of Africa's largest areas of wilderness.

MEANING BEHIND THE FLAG

• Black and white-harmony, cooperation
• Racial diversity
• Blue-water

COAT OF ARMS

CULTURE

• “People are not individuals, living in a state of independence, but part of a community, living in relationships and interdependency
• Batswana believe in working together and being united.

RESOURCES

• Botswana has the richest diamond mine in the world

ORAPA MINE

• Worlds largest diamond mine
• 11 million carats per year

CURRENCY

• The national currency is called Pula
• Bank notes are called pula and coins are called Thebe

SAFARI

• With its unique, wandering wetlands of the Okavango Delta, to the iconic sights and sounds of the desert in the Kalahari, and attractions such as some of the largest salt pans on the planet,

SAFARI

• Botswana crowned best safari destination in Africa,

CUISINE

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