British Protectorate of Bechuanaland

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Protectorate_of_Bechuanaland
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:area about 582,000 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:South_West_Africa
gptkb:Northern_Rhodesia
gptkb:Southern_Rhodesia
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Mafeking
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Botswana
gptkbp:dissolved 1966
gptkbp:established 1885
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_Bechuanaland_Protectorate
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:province
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Protectorate of Bechuanaland
gptkbp:independenceDate 1966
gptkbp:independenceLeader gptkb:Seretse_Khama
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Southern_Africa
gptkbp:nativeEthnicGroup gptkb:Tswana
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:populationCensus1964 about 550,000
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Tswana_chiefdoms
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Botswana
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Protectorate_government
gptkb:Bangwato
gptkb:British_Protectorate
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7