A lovely surprise card from a good friend Thank you so much Gaynor for this "Flags of the World" card from Botswana..A great addition to my collection..
Posted from Gaborone 21 May. Arrived Sydney ? June.
GREETINGSM FROM BOTSWANA.!
BOTSWANA covers an area of some 581,730 KM2.
POPULATION of Botswana is 2,250,260 inhabitants.
CAPITAL CITY of Botswana is Gaborone
UNIQUE to Botswana is the Border with Zambia which is the Zambesi River and is only 150 meters which makes it the shortest border in the world.
CURRENCY : The Pula is the currency of Botswana. Pula literally means "rain" in Setswana because rain is very rare in Botswana.
ELEPHANTS.: Botswana is the home of the African Elephant and has the largest concentration of African Elephants
MINING.: Botswanas Orapa mine is the largest diamond mine in the world in terms of value and quantity of carats produced annually.
OKAVANGO DELTA. is one of the worlds largest inland deltas.
INDEPENDENCE . was aquired 30th September 1966 from the United Kingdom.
MODERN MAN.: Evidence left my modern humans such as cave paintings and are about 73,000 years old.
INHABITANTS : Stone tools date to about 400,000 ya.
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