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Transportation of Botswana

Airports:85 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 75
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 55
under 914 m: 17 (2006)
Railways:total: 888 km
narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 24,355 km
paved: 8,914 km
unpaved: 15,441 km (2004)

Botswana Quickstats

  • Population: 1,815,508
  • Area: 600,370 sq km
  • Density: 3.0 /km² (220th)
  • GDP (total): $18.72 billion (114th)
  • GDP (per capita): $11,400 (60th)
  • Literacy: 81.2%

Languages of Botswana

  • Setswana 78.2%
  • Kalanga 7.9%
  • Sekgalagadi 2.8%
  • English 2.1%
  • Other 8.6%

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  • Currency: Pula (BWP)
  • Dial code: +267

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