Factsheet: Botswana
Capital:
Gaborone, largest city
Area: 581,730 square km
Languages: English, Tswana (both official)
Currency: Pula (P)
Total plant species: 2,151
Total plant endemics: 15
Total RDL plants: 43
Focal RDL institutions: UCBG, PRE
Number of Protected Areas: three National Parks, one Transfrontier
Park (Botswana-Namibia-South Africa), several Game Reserves, and other formally
protected areas.
Population: 15,881,220 Growth Rate: 1.7% Density: 2.7
people/square km
Phytogeography: Zambezian in the north and east, and Kalahari– Highveld in the remainder
of the country.
Flora: Open wooded grassland and deciduous bushland in the southwest
on Kalahari sands. Zambezian woodland in the north and east, with extensive
wetlands in the Okavango Delta and halophytic flora in the Makgadigadi Pan.
