Countries

Botswana

Botswana is a landlocked country in southern Africa, much of it covered by the Kalahari. It became independent from Britain in 1966, and diamonds found soon after made it one of the world's top producers. In the north, the Okavango River spreads into a vast inland delta.

A herd of elephants with calves walking across green floodplain beside a channel of the Chobe River, northern Botswana

Elephants on the Chobe River

Photo: AoneMokwena, CC BY-SA 4.0

Adopted at independence in 1966. The light blue stands for water and rain, prized in a dry land, while the black band edged in white is read as harmony between peoples, echoing the zebra.

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