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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