{"id":73404,"date":"2025-11-14T13:36:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=73404"},"modified":"2025-11-14T14:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:52:04","slug":"key-facts-about-botswana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-botswana\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Botswana"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Botswana Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India and Botswana formally announced the translocation of eight Cheetahs from the African nation during the State visit of the President of India.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Botswana<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>landlocked country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the center of <\/span><b>Southern Africa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is bordered by four countries &#8211; <\/span><b>Namibia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the north and west, <\/span><b>South Africa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the south and southeast, <\/span><b>Zimbabwe <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the northeast, and it also borders <\/span><b>Zambia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the north.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Botswana is a member of the <\/span><b>United Nations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>Commonwealth, the African Union<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the Southern African Development Community.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gaborone<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Botswana<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The country is divided into <\/span><b>three main environmental regions.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Hardveld Region:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It consists of rocky hill ranges and areas of shallow sand cover in eastern Botswana.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Sandveld Region:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is the area of deep Kalahari sand covering the rest of the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Ancient lake beds:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is superimposed on the northern sandveld in the lowest part of the <\/span><b>Kalahari Basin.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The main rivers in Botswana are <\/span><b>Okavango, Chobe, Limpopo and Molopo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Okavango Delta <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is one of a very few large inland delta systems without an outlet to the sea, known as an endorheic delta.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Desert:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The massive <\/span><b>Kalahari Desert<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> covers more than 70 percent of Botswana.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It consists of semiarid; warm winters and hot summers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/india-botswana-announce-cheetah-translocation-pact-president-murmu-says-will-take-good-care-of-them\/article70271904.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Botswana is a landlocked country located in the center of Southern Africa. 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