BotswanaThe land of beauty

By: Karim M.

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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.

References

• http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bc.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana

• http://www.geographia.com/botswana/index.html