by the Central Intelligence Agency

“ Land boundaries: 3,774 km
PEOPLE Population: 975,000 (July 1982) , average annual growth rate 4.6%
Nationality: noun—Motswana (sing.) , Batswana (pl.) ; adjective—Botswana
Ethnic divisions: 94% Tswana, 5% Bushmen, 1% European
Religion: 85% animist, 15% Christian
Language: Tswana vernacular
Literacy: about 22% in English; about 32% in Tswana; less than 1% secondary school graduates
Labor force: 78,000 formal sector employees; most others are engaged in cattle raising and subsistence agriculture ”

“ Branches: executive—President appoints and presides over the Cabinet, which is responsible to Legislative Assembly; legislative—Legislative Assembly with 32 popularly elected members and four members elected by the 32 representatives, House of Chiefs with deliberative powers only; judicial—local courts administer customary law, High Court and subordinate courts have criminal jurisdiction over all residents, Court of Appeal has appellate jurisdiction
Government leaders: President Dr. ”