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Botswana The land of beauty. By: Karim M. 8-1. Country overview. The current population of Botswana is 1,640,115. The flag of Botswana is light blue with a horizontal white edged black stripe.
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BotswanaThe land of beauty By: Karim M. 8-1
Country overview • The current population of Botswana is 1,640,115. • The flag of Botswana is light blue with a horizontal white edged black stripe. • The location of Botswana is 22 00 s, 24 00 e on the map, the country is bordered by Zimbabwe, south Africa and Namibia. • Some of the city's in Botswana are Francistown, Ghazi and the capital city Gaborarone.
Country overview • Languages that they speak are English, French, and African. • The religions in Botswana is divided into two groups which are Indigenous beliefs and Christian. • Some of the natural resources are diamonds, iron, silver and lots of other minerals too.
History • The history of Botswana started with hunter’s missionaries arriving in Botswana in 1806. • The revolution in Europe had created a need for new markets and materials. • The Europeans came to Botswana and brought with them a new method of hunting, the man fire power, guns.
History • Around 60,000 years ago, the people of Sub- Saharan Africa were of one tribe, probably of Khoe/ San tribe. • The Bantu- speaking people gradually developed darker skin pigmentation and different physical attributes because different environments they eventually occupied.
Economy • Since independence, Botswana has had the fastest growth in per capita income in the world. • Economic growth averaged over 9% per year from 1966-99. • The government of Botswana has maintained a sound fiscal policy, despite three consecutive budget deficits in 2002-2004 and a negligible level of foreign dept.
Economy • Economic development in Botswana spending was cut by 10% in 2002/3 as a policy. • The fist mine began production at Orapa in 1972, followed by the smaller mines of Lethlahane and Damtshaa.
Tourist Attraction • The main tourist attraction in Botswana is the 12 wild life national parks and reserves. • The parks contain a large variety of African animals and has endangered animals too. • Botswana has beautiful rivers too and one of these rivers comes from victory falls.
Botswana I hope you liked my presentation and I hope you learned about Botswana and its facts. The End
References • http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bc.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana • http://www.geographia.com/botswana/index.html