The republic of Botswana in located in southern Africa. People call the citizens in Botswana the Batswana. A former British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after its independence within the commonwealth on September 30, 1966. Since Botswana’s independence, it has held free and fair democratic elections.
The country Botswana has an impressive record of accomplishment of good governance and economic stability aided by prudent macroeconomic along with fiscal management contradicts the rapid famine and poverty amongst the people in Botswana. The country is trying to diversify the economy. Benin is dependent on diamonds and beef. Minerals like soda ash, copper and nickel matte along with gold and coal are also their redeeming feature.
Botswana’s national flag was adopted on September 30, 1966. Blue with a black horizontal band across the center with white fimbriation is the flag’s design. The stripes are in a ratio of 9:1:4:1:9. The blue color represents water specifically the rain. It came from the motto on the Botswana coat-of-arms, which is Pula, the Setswana word for “let there be rain”. The black and white bands represent racial harmony and it refers to zebras that support the nation’s coat of arms.
The flag can be distinguished along with other’s countries flag because of its simple yet unique design. If you see a flag with a blue base color and a white strip, surrounding a thicker black strip, the only thing that can come up to a person that has just seen a bunch of flags is that it is the flag of the country Botswana. Another thing that makes the flag of Botswana unique is because of the fact that it has no ensigns and logos to it. Most of the flags in the world have such, ergo giving the Botswana flag an upper hand when a person sees it.