Botswana
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is a landlocked country in southern Africa, roughly the size of
Texas. It covers 224,607 square miles, yet contains only 1,444,000 people,
making it one the most thinly populated countries in Africa. The eastern portion
is where most people reside, because the Kalahari Desert covers almost all the ....
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.... whites earn more money then the blacks, and this causes
some racial tension. Although English is the official language of Botswana, most
people speak Setswana, a Bantu language. Eighty-five percent of Botswana's
people practice traditional African religions, while the rest are Christian.
Most Botswanan children attend elementary school, but only fifteen percent will
go on to high school. The small percent of people that go to college attend the
University of Botswana in Gaborone, the nation's ....
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