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Botswana
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In June 1964, Britain accepted proposals for democratic self-government in Botswana.The seat of government was moved from Mafikeng, in South Africa, to newly establishedGaborone in 1965. The 1965 constitution led to the first general elections and toindependence in September 1966. Seretse Khama, a leader in the independence movement andthe legitimate claimant to traditional rule of the Batswana, was elected as the firstpresident, re-elected twice, and died in office in 1980. The presidency passed to thesitting vice president, Ketumile Masire, who was elected in his own right in 1984 andre-elected in 1989 and 1994.
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The semiarid, subtropical country of Botswana is predominantly flat with desert and savanna terrain. Botswana lies immediately north of South Africa. It is bordered on the north and east by Zimbabwe, north and west by Namibia, and is slightly connected to Zambia on the northern border. Although Botswana is the name of the country, the term Batswana is used to denote all of its citizens. This ... refers to the countries major ethnic group the "Tswana", which came into the area from South Africa during the Zulu wars of the early 1880's. Botswana's aboriginal inhabitants, known as the San, or bushmen, have made the Kalahari their home for about 30,000 years.
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