etal and metal products

Imports - partners:

Southern African Customs Union (SACU) 74%, EFTA 17%, Zimbabwe 4%
(2006)

Economic aid - recipient:

$70.89 million (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$9.79 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$408 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$3.947 billion (2006)

Currency (code):

pula (BWP)

Currency code:

BWP

Exchange rates:

pulas (BWP) per US dollar - 6.2035 (2007), 5.8447 (2006), 5.1104
(2005), 4.6929 (2004), 4.9499 (2003)

Communications
Botswana

Telephones - main lines in use:

136,900 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1.427 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: the system is expanding with the growth of
mobile-cellular service and participation in regional development;
system is fully digital with fiber-optic cables linking the major
population centers in the east; fixed-line connections declined in
recent years and now stand at roughly 8 per 100 persons;
mobile-cellular telephone density currently is about 80 per 100
persons
domestic: small system of open-wire lines, microwave radio relay
links, and a few radiotelephone communication stations;
mobile-cellular service is growing fast
international: country code - 267; international calls are made via
satellite, using international direct dialing; 2 international
exchanges; digital microwave radio relay links to Namibia, Zambia,
Zimbabwe, and South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
(Indian Ocean) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 8, FM 13, shortwave 4 (2001)

Radios:

252,720 (2000)

Television broadcast stations:

2 (1 state-owned, 1 private)

Televisions:

31,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.bw

Internet hosts:

6,374 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

11 (2001)

Internet users:

80,000 (2007)

Transportation
Botswana

Airports:

85 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 74
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 54
under 914 m: 17 (2007)

Railways:

total: 888 km
narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:

total: 25,798 km
paved: 8,410 km
unpaved: 17,388 km (2005)

Military
Botswana

Military branches:

Botswana Defense Force: G