BOTSWANA BOTSWANA REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE SEPTEMBER 30 1966 FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION SEPTEMBER 30 1966 POPULATION 14464167 1999 EST AREA 224607 SQ MI CAPITAL GABORONE FORM OF GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES DIAMONDS NICKEL COPPER SODA ASH COAL SALT GOLD POTASH MAIN INDUSTRIES MINING LIVESTOCK PROCESSING TOURISM AGRICULTURE SORGHUM GRAIN CORN MILLET GRAIN BEANS PEANUTS CATTLE CURRENCY PULA GDP 5.25 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 3600 1998 EST LANGUAGES ENGLISH OFFICIAL SETSWANA RELIGIONS TRADITIONAL AFRICAN BELIEF SYSTEMS CHRISTIANITY LITERACY RATE 70 LIFE EXPECTANCY 39 YEARS MALE 40 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 31 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 21 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
