Population: 

2.021 million

 

Language: 

Tswana

English

 

Currency:

Botswana Pula (BWP)

 

Exchange Rate:

$1.00 USD = $10.46 BWP

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History of Botswana:

After the Zulu wars in the 1800s, the fundamental ethnic gathering lead to Batswanans living as ranchers and farmers under tribal principle. In the nineteenth century, after clash with the Boer agriculturists and the Batswanans, the English government colonized the northern piece of the area keeping in mind the end goal to ensure "Bechuanaland" from the Boers. This area turns into today's Botswana while the Southern part is currently a Northwest region of South Africa. Botswana also experienced some difficulties, when the Europeans and the Africans clashed about the legislature. As a result, two government bodies must be made, one of Europeans and one of Africans, with a specific end goal to bring equalization. Botswana got to be free from England in 1964, yet proceeded on their type of self-represented law based government until this day.

 

 

Cultural Information

The nation of Botswana is comprised of around 70% Christians, with some Anglicans, Muslims, and Catholics making up the rest of the population. With a wide range of ethnic gatherings and hundreds of years old convention, it has developed to become Setswana, which is a sweeping term of all the distinctive sorts of society in Botswana.

 

 

Laws and Advice

 

 

The possession of any pornographic material is considered illegal.
You are prohibited from photography of military or government installations
Homosexual acts are illegal and you may be fined or imprisoned for up to five years.
 

 

Location of Australian Embassy
Australian Consulate in Gaborone, Botswana

Mr Amin Sabet

Honorary Consul

Australian Consulate

Plot 50637, Block 10, Airport Road

(Next to Airport Junction Shopping Centre)

Gaborone, Botswana.

Phone: + 267 390 2996

Fax: + 267 391 4293

Mobile: + 267 7133 1550

Email: australia.consulate.botswana@gmail.com