Welcome to Bostwana
6th- Katie
Nature
Botswana is a beautiful place and has many animals in the wildlife.
Flag
Botswana flag symbolizes- The colors are representing the countrys coat of arms. The blue represents water which means let their be rain. The Black and white stripe represents racial harmony of the countrys people.
Buildings
There is many cool buildings and architecture in botswana.
Geography
Botswana is a land locked country. Botswana is 600,370 square kilometers and its boundrys are shared by Nambia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, & South Africa. Its climate is 26 degrees celcius and has short rain fall period and the sun shines all year round. The whole country is very windy and dusty during the dry season. There resources are salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, manganese and silver. Botswana has the largest known coal reserves in Africa. The Kalahari Desert is 900,000 square kilometres or 350,000 sq miles. Some other places are the Okavango, Makgadikgadi, & Central Kalahari.
Political
This is a political map of botswana
Rainfall
If you just look at botswana and then read the scale it tells you the average rainfall
physical
This is a physical map of botswana
History
1959 - Copper mines are established
1966- Independance from Great Britan
1967 - Diamonds discovered at Orapa.
1980 - President Seretse Khama dies
2000-floods -More than 60,000 people are made homeless.
Culture
There are 3 main ethnic groups in Botswana Tswana, Kalanga, and Basarwa or also known as the Bushmen. Botswana celebrates Easter, Good Friday, Christmas, and most US holidays. The official launguages of Botswana are the English Language and the Tswana Language. Most people in Botswana are Christians. Anglicans, and Methodists.
Botswana Dance
Most people in botswana love to dance and the traditional dance is the Troupe.
Masks
They traditionaly have masks to go with their preformances.
Jewlry
They make a lot of jewlry to wear.
Elephants
Elephants roam around the grassy lands.
Lions
Lions generaly hunt single not in packs.
Mearcats
Mearcats stand up so they can spot a preditor coming there way.
Botswana National Anthem
Government
The president of Botswana is Seretse Khama Ian Khama. Botswana's democracy starts with the Setswana traditions, or village council. Elections are held every 5 years, and voters are allowed to vote freely. There are four main parties, and those partys are broken into smaller groups.
Economy
There main exports are diamonds, copper, nickel, soda ash, meat, and textiles. They also have to import food, machinery, electrical goods, transportation equipment, textiles,
fuel and petroleum products, wood and paper products, and metal products. Most people living in Botswana work in potash, livestock processing, and textiles.
5 Places to visit
Chobe National Park
The Okavango River
Tsodilo Hills
Nxai Pan National Park
Tuli block