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      Data code: BC

      Government type: parliamentary republic

      National capital: Gaborone

      Administrative divisions: 10 districts and four town councils*;

       Central, Chobe, Francistown*, Gaborone*, Ghanzi, Kgalagadi, Kgatleng,

       Kweneng, Lobatse*, Ngamiland, North-East, Selebi-Phikwe*, South-East,

       Southern

      Independence: 30 September 1966 (from UK)

      National holiday: Independence Day, 30 September (1966)

      Constitution: March 1965, effective 30 September 1966

      Legal system: based on Roman-Dutch law and local customary law; judicial review limited to matters of interpretation; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal

      Executive branch: chief of state : President Sir Ketumile MASIRE (since 13 July 1980); Vice President Festus MOGAE (since 9 March 1992); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government: President Sir Ketumile MASIRE (since 13 July 1980); Vice President Festus MOGAE (since 9 March 1992); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president elections : president elected by the National Assembly for a five-year term; election last held 15 October 1994 (next to be held NA October 1999); vice president appointed by the president election results: Sir Ketumile MASIRE elected president; percent of National Assembly vote - NA

      Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of the House of Chiefs (a largely advisory 15-member body consisting of the chiefs of the eight principal tribes, four elected subchiefs, and three members selected by the other 12) and the National Assembly (44 seats, 40 members are directly elected by popular vote and 4 appointed by the majority party; members serve five-year terms) elections: National Assembly - elections last held 15 October 1994 (next to be held October 1999) election results : percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - BDP 27, BNF 13

      Judicial branch: High Court; Court of Appeal

      Political parties and leaders: Botswana Democratic Party or BDP [Sir

       Ketumile MASIRE]; Botswana Freedom Party or BFP [leader NA]; Botswana

       National Front or BNF [Kenneth KOMA]; Botswana People's Party or BPP

       [Knight MARIPE]; Independence Freedom Party or IFP [Motsamai MPHO]

      International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, FAO,

       G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,

       Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD,

       UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

      Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission : Ambassador Archibald Mooketsa MOGWE chancery: Suite 7M, 3400 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 244–4990, 4991 FAX: [1] (202) 244–4164

      Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission : Ambassador Robert C. KRUEGER (14 June 1996) embassy: address NA, Gaborone mailing address: P. O. Box 90, Gaborone telephone: [267] 353982 FAX: [267] 356947

      Flag description: light blue with a horizontal white-edged black stripe in the center

      Economy

      Economy - overview: Agriculture still provides a livelihood for more than 80% of the population but supplies only about 50% of food needs and accounts for only 4% of GDP. Subsistence farming and cattle raising predominate. The sector is plagued by erratic rainfall and poor soils. Substantial mineral deposits were found in the 1970s and the mining sector grew from 25% of GDP in 1980 to 33% in 1995. The unemployment rate remains a problem at 21%. On the plus side is the substantial positive trade balance.

      GDP: purchasing power parity - $4.6 billion (1996 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate: 5% (1996 est.)

      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $3,100 (1996 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 4% industry: 43% services : 53% (1995 est.)

      Inflation rate - consumer price index: 9.8% (1996 est.)

      Labor force: total : 428,000 (1992) by occupation: 220,000 formal sector employees, including 14,300 who are employed in various mines in South Africa; most others are engaged in cattle raising and subsistence agriculture (1992 est.)

      Unemployment rate: 21% (1995 est.)

      Budget: revenues : $1.8 billion expenditures: $1.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $613 million (FY95/96)

      Industries: diamonds, copper, nickel, coal, salt, soda ash, potash; livestock processing

      Industrial production growth rate: 4.6% (FY92/93)

      Electricity - capacity: 197,000 kW (1993)

      Electricity - production: 950 million kWh (1994)

      Electricity - consumption per capita: 747 kWh (1993 est.)

      Agriculture - products: sorghum, maize, millet, pulses, groundnuts (peanuts), beans, cowpeas, sunflower seed; livestock

      Exports: total value: $2.1 billion (f.o.b. 1995 est.) commodities: diamonds 71%, copper and nickel 5%, meat 3% partners: Europe 81%, Southern African Customs Union (SACU) 14%, Zimbabwe 3%

      Imports: total value: $1.5 billion (c.i.f., 1995 est.) commodities: foodstuffs, vehicles and transport equipment, textiles, petroleum products partners: Southern African Customs Union (SACU) 78%, Europe 8%, Zimbabwe 6%

      Debt - external: $691 million (1994)

      Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $189 million (1993)

      Currency: 1 pula (P) = 100 thebe

      Exchange rates: pula (P) per US$1 - 3.6417 (January 1997), 3.3014 (1996), 2.7716 (1995), 2.6831 (1994), 2.4190 (1993), 2.1327 (1992)

      Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

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      Telephones: 19,109 (1985 est.)

      Telephone system: sparse system domestic: small system of open-wire lines, microwave radio relay links, and a few radiotelephone communication stations international: microwave radio relay links to Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 13, shortwave 0

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 0 (1988 est.)

      Televisions: 13,800 (1993 est.)

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