Botswana
BW · BWA- Capital
- Gaborone
- Currency
- Pula · BWP
- Population
- 2,209,208
- Area
- 582,000 km²
- Independence
- 30 September 1966
- Dialling code
- +267
- Time zone
- (GMT+2)
- Continent
- Africa
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Botswana’s currency is the pula (BWP) — the name means “rain” in Setswana, the measure of plenty in a dry country. It replaced the South African rand in 1976; the subunit, thebe, means “shield”.