General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Botswana
- Official English country name: The Republic of Botswana
- Official endonym: Lefatshe la Botswana
- Adjectival: Motswana
- Demonym: Batswana
- Etymology: Land of the Tswana
- International rankings of Botswana
- ISO country codes: BW, BWA, 072
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:BW
- Internet country code top-level domain: .bw
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