Bechuanaland Protectorate

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bechuanaland_Protectorate
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:area about 582,000 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Zambia
gptkb:Rhodesia
gptkb:South-West_Africa
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Mafeking
gptkb:Gaberones
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:dissolved 1966
gptkbp:established 1885
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_Bechuanaland_Protectorate
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:British_High_Commissioner_for_South_Africa
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bechuanaland Protectorate
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Southern_Africa
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Protectorate_of_Bechuanaland
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:populationCensus1964 about 550,000
gptkbp:predecessor Bechuanaland
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Botswana
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Botswana_independence_(1966)
gptkb:Serowe,_Bechuanaland_Protectorate
gptkb:British_Bechuanaland
gptkb:British_protectorate_(17th–19th_centuries)
gptkb:Британская_Ботсвана
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6