Capital : Gaborone

Land Area : 600,370 sq km

Head of Government : President HE Mr Festus G Mogae (since 1 April 1998)

Population : 1,640,115 (July 2005 est.)

Major Languages : English (official), Setswana

Major Religion(s) : Christian 71.6%, Badimo 6%, other 1.4%, unspecified 0.4%, none 20.6% (2001 census)

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.