Botswana 🇧🇼
Botswana is part of Africa with main city at
Gaborone. Its Developing country with a
population of 2M people. The main currency is Pula. The languages
spoken are English and Tswana. the Republic of Botswana is the formal name of Botswana It is adviced to Exercise normal safety precautions Get useful information like travel advice, temperatures, rainfall, socket plugs,
languages spoken, SIM cards, ATM, currencies, road rules and emergency numbers.
👍 Developing 🌤️ ~26.31 °C 🌧 ~91.67 mm 👨👩👦👦 2M people
Advice
Weather ⚠️ Travel advice
fiber_manual_record Exercise normal safety precautions
We've reviewed our travel advice for Botswana. We included new information on Visas. We haven't changed our level of advice: Exercise normal safety precautions in Botswana.
issued date: November 28, 2019
🌤️ Temperature
🌧 Rainfall
General
🔌 Sockets
Botswana uses 230V, 50Hz with sockets and plugs Type D and Type G.
🌐 Languages
The languages that are typically spoken are English and Tswana
💱 Currencies Used
Botswana uses the Botswana pula (symbol: P), code BWP.Banknotes come in denominations of 200, 100, 50, 20 and 10 pulas. Pula is subdivided into 100 thebes. Coins come in denominations of 5, 2 and 1 pulas and 50, 25, 10 and 5 thebes.
🏧 ATMs
Automatic teller machines are common in Botswana. You can usually find them in both large & small cities.You do not need a chip & PIN card to use an ATM — your standard magnetic card will work fine.
📡 Internet
Internet speed in Botswana is on average 1.4 Mbps. WiFi coverage in Botswana is low. It is not as easy to find one.
📱 Phones
You can buy a SIM card for about 774.87 BWP, which includes 1 GB of data plan. You can choose from 3 telecoms: BTC mobile, Mascom or Orange. Botswana uses GSM mobile networks GSM 900. If you don't want to buy SIM card in Botswana upon arrival, make sure to check the roaming charges with your telecom provider before your departure so there are no surprises when you return home.
📞 Calling
To call Botswana, dial +, then 267 (the country code for Botswana), then the area code and the local number. For local calls within Botswana, start with the area code. In the case above area code is - .
🆘 Emergency
Universal
911
Police
911
Ambulance
911
Fire department
911
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