Capital : Gaborone

Land Area : 600,370 sq km

Head of Government : President Seretse Khama Ian Khama

Population : 1,950,000 (2009 estimate)

Major Languages : English (official), Setswana

Major Religion(s) : Protestant, Roman Catholic, Indigenous, Islam

Date of Joining : 1966

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Articles in CHRI Newsletter:

• Legalising Corporal Punishment in Botswana?, Dr. Murali Karnam, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 12, Number 2, Summer 2005.

E-magazine:

• Appraisal Time, Commonwealth Police Watch E-Magazine, Vol. 1, December 2004.