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article badge"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsuana" title="Botsuana – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Botsuana" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%89%A6%E1%89%B5%E1%88%B5%E1%8B%8B%E1%8A%93" title="ቦትስዋና – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ቦትስዋና" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="बोत्स्वाना – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="बोत्स्वाना" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="بوتسوانا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بوتسوانا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsuana" title="Botsuana – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Botsuana" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%B8%D5%A9%D5%BD%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1" title="Պոթսուանա – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Պոթսուանա" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsouana" title="Botsouana – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Botsouana" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8E%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8B%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE" title="বৎচোৱানা – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="বৎচোৱানা" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsuana" title="Botsuana – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Botsuana" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Votusuana" title="Votusuana – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Votusuana" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butswana" title="Butswana – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Butswana" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsvana" title="Botsvana – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Botsvana" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="بوتسوانا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="بوتسوانا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bm mw-list-item"><a href="https://bm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Bambara" lang="bm" hreflang="bm" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Bamanankan" data-language-local-name="Bambara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bamanankan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE" title="বতসোয়ানা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বতসোয়ানা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Батсвана – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Батсвана" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Батсвана – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Батсвана" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="बोत्सवाना – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="बोत्सवाना" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsuana" title="Botsuana – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Botsuana" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%96%E0%BE%B7%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%99%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%9D%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8D" title="བྷོ་ཙི་ཝ་ན། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="བྷོ་ཙི་ཝ་ན།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocvana" title="Bocvana – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Bocvana" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vutswana" title="Vutswana – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Vutswana" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botazuana" title="Botazuana – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Botazuana" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="بوطسوانا – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="بوطسوانا" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pdc mw-list-item"><a href="https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsuana" title="Botsuana – Pennsylvania German" lang="pdc" hreflang="pdc" data-title="Botsuana" data-language-autonym="Deitsch" data-language-local-name="Pennsylvania German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deitsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%84%DE%AE%DE%93%DE%AA%DE%90%DE%B0%DE%88%DE%A7%DE%82%DE%A7" title="ބޮޓުސްވާނާ – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ބޮޓުސްވާނާ" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halch%C3%AD%C3%ADtah_Naakaii_%C5%81izhin%C3%AD_Bik%C3%A9yah" title="Halchíítah Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Halchíítah Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsuana" title="Botsuana – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Botsuana" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="बोत्सवाना – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="बोत्सवाना" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%84%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B1" title="Μποτσουάνα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μποτσουάνα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsuana" title="Botsuana – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Botsuana" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocvano" title="Bocvano – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bocvano" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsuana" title="Botsuana – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Botsuana" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ee mw-list-item"><a href="https://ee.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Ewe" lang="ee" hreflang="ee" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Eʋegbe" data-language-local-name="Ewe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eʋegbe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gur mw-list-item"><a href="https://gur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Frafra" lang="gur" hreflang="gur" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Farefare" data-language-local-name="Frafra" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Farefare</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="بوتسوانا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بوتسوانا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsvana" title="Botsvana – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Botsvana" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff mw-list-item"><a href="https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Fula" lang="ff" hreflang="ff" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Fulfulde" data-language-local-name="Fula" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fulfulde</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Bhotsu%C3%A1in" title="An Bhotsuáin – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="An Bhotsuáin" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yn_Votswaan" title="Yn Votswaan – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Yn Votswaan" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsvana" title="Botsvana – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Botsvana" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsuana" title="Botsuana – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Botsuana" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ki mw-list-item"><a href="https://ki.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Kikuyu" lang="ki" hreflang="ki" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Gĩkũyũ" data-language-local-name="Kikuyu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gĩkũyũ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AC%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%BE" title="બોત્સવાના – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="બોત્સવાના" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B3%B4%EC%B8%A0%EC%99%80%EB%82%98" title="보츠와나 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="보츠와나" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-haw mw-list-item"><a href="https://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botuana" title="Botuana – Hawaiian" lang="haw" hreflang="haw" data-title="Botuana" data-language-autonym="Hawaiʻi" data-language-local-name="Hawaiian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hawaiʻi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%B8%D5%BF%D5%BD%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1" title="Բոտսվանա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բոտսվանա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="बोत्सवाना – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बोत्सवाना" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocvana" title="Bocvana – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Bocvana" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8B%E0%A7%8E%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE" title="বোৎসোয়ানা – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="বোৎসোয়ানা" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ik mw-list-item"><a href="https://ik.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paasuana" title="Paasuana – Inupiaq" lang="ik" hreflang="ik" data-title="Paasuana" data-language-autonym="Iñupiatun" data-language-local-name="Inupiaq" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Iñupiatun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%C3%A6" title="Ботсванæ – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Ботсванæ" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xh mw-list-item"><a href="https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBotswana" title="IBotswana – Xhosa" lang="xh" hreflang="xh" data-title="IBotswana" data-language-autonym="IsiXhosa" data-language-local-name="Xhosa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiXhosa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/IButswana" title="IButswana – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="IButswana" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsvana" title="Botsvana – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Botsvana" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%95%D7%98%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%94" title="בוטסואנה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בוטסואנה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C9%94c%C9%A9waanaa" title="Pɔcɩwaanaa – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Pɔcɩwaanaa" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8" title="ಬೋಟ್ಸ್ವಾನ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಬೋಟ್ಸ್ವಾನ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A1%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90" title="ბოტსვანა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბოტსვანა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Kongo" lang="kg" hreflang="kg" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Kongo" data-language-local-name="Kongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%9B%E0%BA%B0%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%97%E0%BA%94%E0%BA%9A%E0%BA%BB%E0%BA%94%E0%BA%AA%E0%BA%B0%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%B2" title="ປະເທດບົດສະວານາ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ປະເທດບົດສະວານາ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ltg mw-list-item"><a href="https://ltg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsvana" title="Botsvana – Latgalian" lang="ltg" hreflang="ltg" data-title="Botsvana" data-language-autonym="Latgaļu" data-language-local-name="Latgalian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latgaļu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsuana" title="Botsuana – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Botsuana" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsv%C4%81na" title="Botsvāna – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Botsvāna" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsvana" title="Botsvana – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Botsvana" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsuana" title="Botsuana – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Botsuana" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsvana" title="Botsvana – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Botsvana" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/botsuanas" title="botsuanas – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="botsuanas" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lg mw-list-item"><a href="https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Ganda" lang="lg" hreflang="lg" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Luganda" data-language-local-name="Ganda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Luganda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Боцвана – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Боцвана" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B4tsoana" title="Bôtsoana – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Bôtsoana" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8" title="ബോട്സ്വാന – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ബോട്സ്വാന" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poriwana" title="Poriwana – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Poriwana" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="बोत्स्वाना – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="बोत्स्वाना" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A1%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90" title="ბოტსვანა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ბოტსვანა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="بوتسوانا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بوتسوانا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="بوتسوانا – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="بوتسوانا" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%95%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%AD%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%AD%EA%AF%8B%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%85%EA%AF%A5" title="ꯕꯣꯇ꯭ꯁ꯭ꯋꯥꯅꯥ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯕꯣꯇ꯭ꯁ꯭ꯋꯥꯅꯥ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabotsuana" title="Zabotsuana – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Zabotsuana" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%98%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B7%E1%80%86%E1%80%BD%E1%80%AC%E1%80%94%E1%80%AC%E1%80%94%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%84%E1%80%B6" title="ဘော့ဆွာနာနိုင်ငံ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဘော့ဆွာနာနိုင်ငံ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="बोत्स्वाना – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="बोत्स्वाना" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="बोत्स्वाना – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="बोत्स्वाना" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%84%E3%83%AF%E3%83%8A" title="ボツワナ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ボツワナ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nqo mw-list-item"><a href="https://nqo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DF%93%DF%90%DF%95%DF%91%DF%9B%DF%8E%DF%A5%DF%A3%DF%8A%DF%AB" title="ߓߐߕߑߛߎߥߣߊ߫ – N’Ko" lang="nqo" hreflang="nqo" data-title="ߓߐߕߑߛߎߥߣߊ߫" data-language-autonym="ߒߞߏ" data-language-local-name="N’Ko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ߒߞߏ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsuana" title="Botsuana – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Botsuana" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pih mw-list-item"><a href="https://pih.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Norfuk / Pitkern" lang="pih" hreflang="pih" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Norfuk / Pitkern" data-language-local-name="Norfuk / Pitkern" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norfuk / Pitkern</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootiswaanaa" title="Bootiswaanaa – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Bootiswaanaa" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsvana" title="Botsvana – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Botsvana" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE" title="ਬੋਤਸਵਾਨਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਬੋਤਸਵਾਨਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="बोत्सवाना – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="बोत्सवाना" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ami mw-list-item"><a href="https://ami.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Amis" lang="ami" hreflang="ami" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Pangcah" data-language-local-name="Amis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangcah</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%B9%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="بوٹسوانا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بوٹسوانا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="بوتسوانا – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="بوتسوانا" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswaana" title="Botswaana – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Botswaana" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsvana" title="Botsvana – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Botsvana" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsvana" title="Botsvana – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Botsvana" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putsuwana" title="Putsuwana – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Putsuwana" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="बोत्सवाना – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="बोत्सवाना" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sg mw-list-item"><a href="https://sg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Sango" lang="sg" hreflang="sg" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Sängö" data-language-local-name="Sango" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sängö</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%B3%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%B3%E1%B1%A3%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%9F" title="ᱵᱳᱛᱥᱳᱣᱟᱱᱟ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱵᱳᱛᱥᱳᱣᱟᱱᱟ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-trv mw-list-item"><a href="https://trv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Taroko" lang="trv" hreflang="trv" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Seediq" data-language-local-name="Taroko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seediq</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsuana" title="Botsuana – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Botsuana" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-st mw-list-item"><a href="https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Southern Sotho" lang="st" hreflang="st" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Sesotho" data-language-local-name="Southern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tn badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Tswana" lang="tn" hreflang="tn" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Setswana" data-language-local-name="Tswana" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Setswana</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsvana" title="Botsvana – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Botsvana" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsuana" title="Botsuana – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Botsuana" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%A7%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80" title="බොට්ස්වානාව – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="බොට්ස්වානාව" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%BD%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="بوٽسوانا – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="بوٽسوانا" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ss mw-list-item"><a href="https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89Butjw%C3%A1na" title="ÉButjwána – Swati" lang="ss" hreflang="ss" data-title="ÉButjwána" data-language-autonym="SiSwati" data-language-local-name="Swati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>SiSwati</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocvana" title="Bocvana – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Bocvana" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%86%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="بۆتسوانا – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="بۆتسوانا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Боцвана – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Боцвана" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocvana" title="Bocvana – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Bocvana" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE" title="போட்சுவானா – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="போட்சுவானா" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shi mw-list-item"><a href="https://shi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butswana" title="Butswana – Tachelhit" lang="shi" hreflang="shi" data-title="Butswana" data-language-autonym="Taclḥit" data-language-local-name="Tachelhit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taclḥit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butswana" title="Butswana – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Butswana" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%AD%E1%80%B0%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%95%E1%80%BD%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%82%89%E1%80%9E%E1%80%9D%E1%82%83%E1%82%87%E1%81%BC%E1%82%83%E1%82%87" title="မိူင်းပွတ်ႉသဝႃႇၼႃႇ – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="မိူင်းပွတ်ႉသဝႃႇၼႃႇ" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tay mw-list-item"><a href="https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Tayal" lang="tay" hreflang="tay" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Tayal" data-language-local-name="Tayal" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tayal</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE" title="బోత్సువానా – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="బోత్సువానా" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2" title="ประเทศบอตสวานา – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ประเทศบอตสวานา" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ti mw-list-item"><a href="https://ti.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%89%A6%E1%89%B5%E1%88%B5%E1%8B%8B%E1%8A%93" title="ቦትስዋና – Tigrinya" lang="ti" hreflang="ti" data-title="ቦትስዋና" data-language-autonym="ትግርኛ" data-language-local-name="Tigrinya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ትግርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-to mw-list-item"><a href="https://to.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potisiuana" title="Potisiuana – Tongan" lang="to" hreflang="to" data-title="Potisiuana" data-language-autonym="Lea faka-Tonga" data-language-local-name="Tongan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lea faka-Tonga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chr mw-list-item"><a href="https://chr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8F%86%E1%8F%A3%E1%8F%A9%E1%8E%BE" title="ᏆᏣᏩᎾ – Cherokee" lang="chr" hreflang="chr" data-title="ᏆᏣᏩᎾ" data-language-autonym="ᏣᎳᎩ" data-language-local-name="Cherokee" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᏣᎳᎩ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chy mw-list-item"><a href="https://chy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Cheyenne" lang="chy" hreflang="chy" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Tsetsêhestâhese" data-language-local-name="Cheyenne" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tsetsêhestâhese</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ve mw-list-item"><a href="https://ve.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vhu-Tswana" title="Vhu-Tswana – Venda" lang="ve" hreflang="ve" data-title="Vhu-Tswana" data-language-autonym="Tshivenda" data-language-local-name="Venda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tshivenda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsvana" title="Botsvana – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Botsvana" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tw mw-list-item"><a href="https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Twi" lang="tw" hreflang="tw" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Twi" data-language-local-name="Twi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Twi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kcg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Tyap" lang="kcg" hreflang="kcg" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Tyap" data-language-local-name="Tyap" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tyap</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ботсвана – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Ботсвана" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%B9%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="بوٹسوانا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="بوٹسوانا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%DB%8B%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="بوتسۋانا – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="بوتسۋانا" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-za mw-list-item"><a href="https://za.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Zhuang" lang="za" hreflang="za" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Vahcuengh" data-language-local-name="Zhuang" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vahcuengh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsuana" title="Botsuana – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Botsuana" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsvan" title="Botsvan – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Botsvan" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zvan%C3%A4n" title="Zvanän – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Zvanän" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Võro" lang="vro" hreflang="vro" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Võro" data-language-local-name="Võro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Võro</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boswana" title="Boswana – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Boswana" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B3%A2%E6%9C%AD%E9%82%A3" title="波札那 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="波札那" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wo mw-list-item"><a href="https://wo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Wolof" lang="wo" hreflang="wo" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Wolof" data-language-local-name="Wolof" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Wolof</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%9A%E8%8C%A8%E7%93%A6%E7%BA%B3" title="博茨瓦纳 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="博茨瓦纳" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ts mw-list-item"><a href="https://ts.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Tsonga" lang="ts" hreflang="ts" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Xitsonga" data-language-local-name="Tsonga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Xitsonga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%A2" title="באצוואנע – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="באצוואנע" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B2tsw%C3%A1n%C3%A0" title="Bòtswánà – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Bòtswánà" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B3%A2%E8%8C%A8%E8%8F%AF%E6%8B%BF" title="波茨華拿 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="波茨華拿" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Zazaki" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Zazaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zea mw-list-item"><a href="https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Zeelandic" lang="zea" hreflang="zea" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Zeêuws" data-language-local-name="Zeelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zeêuws</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bat-smg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bat-smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsvana" title="Botsvana – Samogitian" lang="sgs" hreflang="sgs" data-title="Botsvana" data-language-autonym="Žemaitėška" data-language-local-name="Samogitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Žemaitėška</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B3%A2%E6%9C%AD%E9%82%A3" title="波札那 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="波札那" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ann mw-list-item"><a href="https://ann.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsuwana" title="Botsuwana – Obolo" lang="ann" hreflang="ann" data-title="Botsuwana" data-language-autonym="Obolo" data-language-local-name="Obolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Obolo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bew mw-list-item"><a href="https://bew.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boswana" title="Boswana – Betawi" lang="bew" hreflang="bew" data-title="Boswana" data-language-autonym="Betawi" data-language-local-name="Betawi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Betawi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gpe mw-list-item"><a href="https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana – Ghanaian Pidgin" lang="gpe" hreflang="gpe" data-title="Botswana" data-language-autonym="Ghanaian Pidgin" data-language-local-name="Ghanaian Pidgin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ghanaian Pidgin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-iba mw-list-item"><a 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class="ib-country-map-caption"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:11px;line-height:1.15em;"><span style="font-size:11px;">Location of <span style="font-size:2px;"> </span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Botswana</a><span style="font-size:8px;"><span class="nowrap">  </span></span>(<span style="font-size:9px;">dark green</span>)</span></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital<div class="ib-country-largest">and largest city</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gaborone" title="Gaborone">Gaborone</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9430902">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Botswana&params=24_39.5_S_25_54.5_E_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">24°39.5′S</span> <span class="longitude">25°54.5′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">24.6583°S 25.9083°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-24.6583; 25.9083</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="ib-country-lang">Recognised national languages</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tswana_language" title="Tswana language">Setswana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_group" title="Ethnic group">Ethnic groups</a> <div class="ib-country-ethnic"> (2012 est.)</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r8662964">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>79% <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tswana_people&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tswana people (not yet started)">Tswana</a></li><li>11% <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalanga_people&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kalanga people (not yet started)">Kalanga</a></li><li>3% <a href="/wiki/San_people" class="mw-redirect" title="San people">San</a></li><li>7% Others</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion <div class="ib-country-religion"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>73% <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></li><li>—66% <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a></li><li>—7% Other <a href="/wiki/Christians" class="mw-redirect" title="Christians">Christian</a></li><li>20% <a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">No religion</a></li><li>6% <a href="/wiki/African_traditional_religion" title="African traditional religion">Traditional faiths</a></li><li>1% Others</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batswana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Batswana (not yet started)">Batswana</a> (plural)</li><li>Motswana (singular)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Unitary_state" title="Unitary state">Unitary</a> <a href="/wiki/Dominant-party_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominant-party system">dominant-party</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_system" title="Parliamentary system">parliamentary</a> <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_republic" title="Constitutional republic">constitutional republic</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/President_of_Botswana" title="President of Botswana">President</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Duma_Boko" title="Duma Boko">Duma Boko</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vice-President_of_Botswana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vice-President of Botswana (not yet started)">Vice-President</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ndaba_Gaolatlhe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ndaba Gaolatlhe (not yet started)">Ndaba Gaolatlhe</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Speaker_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Botswana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Speaker of the National Assembly of Botswana (not yet started)">National Assembly Speaker</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phandu_Skelemani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Phandu Skelemani (not yet started)">Phandu Skelemani</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_Justice_of_Botswana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief Justice of Botswana (not yet started)">Chief Justice</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">Terence Rannowane</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Assembly_(Botswana)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Assembly (Botswana) (not yet started)">National Assembly</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Independence" title="Independence">Independence</a> <div class="ib-country-sovereignty">from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Established (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Constitution_of_Botswana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Constitution of Botswana (not yet started)">Constitution</a>) </div></th><td class="infobox-data">30 September 1966</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">581,730 km<sup>2</sup> (224,610 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">47th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Water (%)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2.7</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• 2021 estimate</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,588,423<sup id="cite_ref-UN_WPP_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_WPP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UN_WPP_2022_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_WPP_2022-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population" title="List of countries and dependencies by population">145th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• 2011 census</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,024,904</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Density</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3.7/km<sup>2</sup> (9.6/sq mi) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density" title="List of countries and dependencies by population density">231st</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6670383">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity" title="Purchasing power parity">PPP</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2019 estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$44.3 billion<sup id="cite_ref-imf2019gdp_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2019gdp-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$18,654<sup id="cite_ref-imf2019gdp_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2019gdp-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6670383"><span class="nobold">(nominal)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2019 estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$19.651 billion<sup id="cite_ref-imf2019gdp_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2019gdp-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$8,263<sup id="cite_ref-imf2019gdp_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2019gdp-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gini_coefficient" title="Gini coefficient">Gini</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6670383"><span class="nobold">(2015)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Positive decrease"><img alt="Positive decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Decrease_Positive.svg/11px-Decrease_Positive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Decrease_Positive.svg/17px-Decrease_Positive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Decrease_Positive.svg/22px-Decrease_Positive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 53.3<sup id="cite_ref-WBgini_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WBgini-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:darkred">high</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6670383"><span class="nobold">(2019)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.735<sup id="cite_ref-UNHDR_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNHDR-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:forestgreen">high</span></span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of countries by Human Development Index">100th</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana_pula&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Botswana pula (not yet started)">Botswana pula</a> (<a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">BWP</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time zone</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Central_Africa_Time" title="Central Africa Time">Central Africa Time</a> (GMT+2)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date format</th><td class="infobox-data">dd/mm/yyyy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic" title="Left- and right-hand traffic">Driving side</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic" class="mw-redirect" title="Right- and left-hand traffic">left</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Calling code</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%2B267&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="+267 (not yet started)">+267</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ISO_3166-2:BW&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ISO 3166-2:BW (not yet started)">BW</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain" title="Country code top-level domain">Internet TLD</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/.bw" class="mw-redirect" title=".bw">.bw</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-country-website"><b>Website</b><br /><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gov.bw/">www<wbr />.gov<wbr />.bw</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Botswana</b> (officially called the <b>Republic of Botswana</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Country" title="Country">country</a> in southern <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Capital_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital (city)">capital</a> of Botswana is <a href="/wiki/Gaborone" title="Gaborone">Gaborone</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first people in Botswana's territory were the Khoe and San people.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Botswana was first formed as the Bechuanaland Protectorate by the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> in 1885.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Geography" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Geography"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9671799">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_settlements_in_Botswana" title="List of settlements in Botswana">List of settlements in Botswana</a></div> <p>The countries that border Botswana are <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a>. It is also possible to travel from Botswana directly into <a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a> by crossing the <a href="/wiki/Zambezi_River" title="Zambezi River">Zambezi River</a> by <a href="/wiki/Ferry" title="Ferry">ferry</a>. </p><p>Botswana is <a href="/wiki/Landlocked" class="mw-redirect" title="Landlocked">landlocked</a>. All of Botswana's <a href="/wiki/Trade" title="Trade">trade</a> must be brought in over land or by airplane. </p><p>The two most important <a href="/wiki/Geography" title="Geography">geographical features</a> in Botswana are the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Okavango_Delta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Okavango Delta (not yet started)">Okavango Delta</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kalahari_Desert" title="Kalahari Desert">Kalahari Desert</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Divisions">Divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Divisions" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Divisions"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Botswana is divided into 10 districts: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Southern_District_(Botswana)" title="Southern District (Botswana)">Southern District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South-East_District_(Botswana)" title="South-East District (Botswana)">South-East District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kweneng_District" title="Kweneng District">Kweneng District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kgatleng_District" title="Kgatleng District">Kgatleng District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_District_(Botswana)" title="Central District (Botswana)">Central District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North-East_District_(Botswana)" title="North-East District (Botswana)">North-East District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ngamiland_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Ngamiland District">Ngamiland District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kgalagadi_District" title="Kgalagadi District">Kgalagadi District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chobe_District" title="Chobe District">Chobe District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghanzi_District" title="Ghanzi District">Ghanzi District</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Culture" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Culture"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>People from Botswana are called <i>Batswana</i>. The <a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">population</a> of Botswana is about 2.2 million. <sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is only 2.7 persons per km², a small number for a country of this size. This is because most of the country is <a href="/wiki/Desert" title="Desert">desert</a> and very dry. </p><p>Botswana has two official <a href="/wiki/Language" title="Language">languages</a>: Setswana and English. Setswana is the national language (also called <i><a href="/wiki/Tswana_language" title="Tswana language">Tswana</a></i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Governance" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Governance"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Botswana is a <a href="/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy">democracy</a>. The people vote for their political <a href="/wiki/Leader" title="Leader">leaders</a>. Those leaders vote for the president. In 2008 <a href="/wiki/Ian_Khama" title="Ian Khama">Ian Khama</a> became the fourth <a href="/wiki/President" title="President">president</a> of Botswana. </p><p>President Khama won elections in 2009 and 2014. The current President of Botswana is Dr. Eric K. Mokgweetsi who took over from Dr. Ian Khama Seretse Khama in 2018. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Economy" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Economy"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Economy" title="Economy">economy</a> of Botswana has been growing very fast since it became an <a href="/wiki/Independence" title="Independence">independent country</a> in 1966. The people of Botswana have had the world's fastest growth in <a href="/wiki/Standard_of_living" title="Standard of living">standard of living</a> since that time. </p><p>Botswana's economy comes mostly from <a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">mining</a>. This includes <a href="/wiki/Diamond" title="Diamond">diamonds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metal" title="Metal">metals</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">copper</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Mineral" title="Mineral">minerals</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Salt" title="Salt">salt</a>). Botswana is the highest producer of <a href="/wiki/Diamond" title="Diamond">diamonds</a> by value in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, Botswana produced over 30 million <a href="/wiki/Carat_(mass)" title="Carat (mass)">carats</a> (6,000 kg) of diamonds from the three Debswana mines. That is about 25% of worldwide production. There has been an agreement with <a href="/wiki/De_Beers" title="De Beers">De Beers</a> since 1969. In 2023 a new agreement was made giving the country more of the diamonds - 30% in 2023, 40% from 2028 and 50% from 2033.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">Tourism</a> is also important to the country. Many people come to Botswana each year to see its <a href="/wiki/Wildlife" title="Wildlife">wildlife</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Currency" title="Currency">currency</a> of Botswana is called the <i>pula</i> (which means <a href="/wiki/Rain" title="Rain">rain</a>). It is made up of 100 <i>thebe</i> (which means <a href="/wiki/Shield" title="Shield">shield</a>). In 2017, one US dollar was about 10.32 pulas.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: In popular culture" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: In popular culture"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency</i> books by Alexander McCall Smith are set in Botswana. The HBO television series based on the books was filmed in Botswana. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Change section: Gallery" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Gallery"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Okavango_sunset_(6158363864).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Okavango sunset"><img alt="Okavango sunset" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Okavango_sunset_%286158363864%29.jpg/120px-Okavango_sunset_%286158363864%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Okavango_sunset_%286158363864%29.jpg/180px-Okavango_sunset_%286158363864%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Okavango_sunset_%286158363864%29.jpg/240px-Okavango_sunset_%286158363864%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2990" data-file-height="2490" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Okavango sunset</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tsodilo_Hills,_Botswana_(2625371308).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tsodilo Hills"><img alt="Tsodilo Hills" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Tsodilo_Hills%2C_Botswana_%282625371308%29.jpg/120px-Tsodilo_Hills%2C_Botswana_%282625371308%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Tsodilo_Hills%2C_Botswana_%282625371308%29.jpg/180px-Tsodilo_Hills%2C_Botswana_%282625371308%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Tsodilo_Hills%2C_Botswana_%282625371308%29.jpg/240px-Tsodilo_Hills%2C_Botswana_%282625371308%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Tsodilo Hills</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bosquimanos-Grassland_Bushmen_Lodge,_Botswana_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Grassland Bushman Lodge"><img alt="Grassland Bushman Lodge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Bosquimanos-Grassland_Bushmen_Lodge%2C_Botswana_01.jpg/120px-Bosquimanos-Grassland_Bushmen_Lodge%2C_Botswana_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Bosquimanos-Grassland_Bushmen_Lodge%2C_Botswana_01.jpg/180px-Bosquimanos-Grassland_Bushmen_Lodge%2C_Botswana_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Bosquimanos-Grassland_Bushmen_Lodge%2C_Botswana_01.jpg/240px-Bosquimanos-Grassland_Bushmen_Lodge%2C_Botswana_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="2888" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Grassland Bushman Lodge</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_pages">Related pages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botswana&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Change section: Related pages" 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