Botswana Communications

Country Name: Republic of Botswana

Capital City: Gaborone

Population: 1,639,833

Population Growth: -0.04% (2006 est.)

Currency: pula (BWP)

Languages: Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English 2.1% (official), other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census)

Area: 600,370 sq km

Inflation Rate: 11.4% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 23.8% (2004)

Domain extension: .bw

COMMUNICATIONS OF BOTSWANA

Telephones - main lines in use:

132,000 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

823,100 (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 8, FM 13, shortwave 4 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (2001)

Internet country code:

.bw

Internet hosts:

5,499 (2006)

Internet users:

60,000 (2002)

International dialing code: