BOTSWANA

Republic of Botswana · BW / BWA / 072

ISO 3166-1 BWA · 072

Botswana is a southern africa country in Africa. It has uses BWP, speaks English and Tswana.

Population 0

Area (km²) 582,000

Capital Gaborone

Region Southern Africa

All facts

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ISO alpha-3: BWA
ISO numeric: 072
Calling code: +267
TLD: .bw
Driving side: —
Currencies: BWP
Languages: eng, tsn
Timezones: —
Flag: 🇧🇼

Cities

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Gaborone Gaborone 246,325

Francistown City of Francistown 103,417

Mogoditshane Kweneng 88,004

Maun North-West 85,350

Molepolole Kweneng 74,861

Serowe Central 55,676

Tlokweng South-East 55,508

Palapye Central 52,636

Mochudi Kgatleng 50,321

Mahalapye Central 48,431

Kanye Ngwaketsi 48,028

Selebi-Phikwe Selibe Phikwe 42,488

Letlhakane Central 36,404

Ramotswa South-East 33,271

Lobatse Lobatse 29,772

Mmopone Kweneng 25,460

Thamaga Kweneng 25,300

Mosopa Ngwaketsi 23,858

Tonota Central 23,296

Bobonong Central 21,216

Gabane Kweneng 20,027

Ghanzi Ghanzi 19,012

Jwaneng Jwaneng 18,784

Tutume Central 18,582

Janeng South-East 16,853

Kopong South-East 13,823

Mmadinare Central 13,198

Tati Siding North-East 12,404

Tshabong Kgalagadi 11,651

Metsemotlhaba Kweneng 11,617

Gumare North-West 11,572

Shakawe North-West 10,589

Oodi South-East 10,257

Bokaa Kgatleng 9,146

Kasane Chobe 9,143

Borolong Central 8,917

Shoshong Central 8,887

Orapa Central 8,648

Letlhakeng Kweneng 8,343

Nata Central 7,779

Mmankgodi Kweneng 7,396

Lerala Central 7,204

Otse South-East 6,986

Kumakwane Kweneng 6,826

Sese Ngwaketsi 6,798

Small airport

FBPT

Thebephatshwa Airport

Small airport

TBY

Tshabong Airport

Small airport

Universities

linked

ABM University College

abm.ac.bw

Botho University

bothocollege.ac.bw

Botswana Accountancy College

bac.ac.bw

Botswana College of Agriculture

bca.bw

Botswana International University of Science & Technology

biust.ac.bw

Botswana Open University

bou.ac.bw

Gaborone Universal College of Law

guc.co.bw

New Era College of Arts, Science & Technology

neweracollege.ac.bw

University of Botswana

ub.bw

FAQ

4 questions

What currency does Botswana use?: BWP.
What languages are spoken in Botswana?: English and Tswana.
What is the capital of Botswana?: Gaborone.
How many cities are in Botswana?: 139 on record.

Get this page as JSON

no auth

cURL 200 OK

$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/countries/BW

{
  "data": {
    "iso_alpha2": "BW",
    "iso_alpha3": "BWA",
    "iso_numeric": "072",
    "common_name": "Botswana",
    "official_name": "Republic of Botswana",
    "capital": "Gaborone",
    "region": "Africa",
    "subregion": "Southern Africa",
    "population": 0,
    "flag_emoji": "🇧🇼",
    "car_side": null,
    "postal_code_format": null,
    "native_names": {},
    "calling_codes": [
      "+267"
    ],
    "tld": [
      ".bw"
    ],
    "flag_url": "/static/flags/bw.svg",
    "area": 582000.0,
    "latitude": -22.0,
    "longitude": 24.0,
    "languages": {
      "eng": "English",
      "tsn": "Tswana"
    },
    "currencies": {
      "BWP": {
        "name": "Botswana pula",
        "symbol": "P"
      }
    },
    "borders": [
      "NAM",
      "ZAF",
      "ZMB",
      "ZWE"
    ],
    "timezone_ids": []
  }
}