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BOTSWANA

Capital
Gaborone

Area
566,730 sq km (1 km = 0.62 miles) of which two-thirds are desert, bordered on the south and southeast by South Africa, on the west and north by Namibia and on the east by Zimbabwe. A small border is shared with Zambia in the north, at the confluence of the Zambezi and Chobe rivers

Language
English (official) and Setswana (national)

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MAP: Global projected land use changes, 1700-2050

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24 Feb 2009 11:37:00 GMT
MAP:GLOBAL projected changes in agricultural productivity 2080 due to climate change, incorporating the effects of carbon fertilization
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