Botswana The land of beauty

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BotswanaThe land of beauty

• By Karim M.
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Country overview

• The current population of Botswana is 1,640,115.
• The flag of Botswana is light blue with a
  horizontal white edged black stripe.
• The location of Botswana is 22 00 s, 24 00 e on
  the map, the country is bordered by Zimbabwe,
  south Africa and Namibia.
• Some of the city's in Botswana are Francistown,
  Ghazi and the capital city Gaborarone.

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Country overview

• Languages that they speak are English, French,
  and African.
• The religions in Botswana is divided into two
  groups which are Indigenous beliefs and
  Christian.
• Some of the natural resources are diamonds, iron,
  silver and lots of other minerals too.

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History

• The history of Botswana started with hunters
  missionaries arriving in Botswana in 1806.
• The revolution in Europe had created a need for
  new markets and materials.
• The Europeans came to Botswana and brought with
  them a new method of hunting, the man fire power,
  guns.

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History

• Around 60,000 years ago, the people of Sub-
  Saharan Africa were of one tribe, probably of
  Khoe/ San tribe.
• The Bantu- speaking people gradually developed
  darker skin pigmentation and different physical
  attributes because different environments they
  eventually occupied.

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Economy

• Since independence, Botswana has had the fastest
  growth in per capita income in the world.
• Economic growth averaged over 9 per year from
  1966-99.
• The government of Botswana has maintained a sound
  fiscal policy, despite three consecutive budget
  deficits in 2002-2004 and a negligible level of
  foreign dept.

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Economy

• Economic development in Botswana spending was cut
  by 10 in 2002/3 as a policy.
• The fist mine began production at Orapa in 1972,
  followed by the smaller mines of Lethlahane and
  Damtshaa.

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Tourist Attraction

• The main tourist attraction in Botswana is the 12
  wild life national parks and reserves.
• The parks contain a large variety of African
  animals and has endangered animals too.
• Botswana has beautiful rivers too and one of
  these rivers comes from victory falls.

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Botswana

• I hope you liked my presentation and I hope you
  learned about Botswana and its facts.

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References

• http//www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/
  bc.html
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana
• http//www.geographia.com/botswana/index.html