ds, copper, nickel, coal, salt, soda ash, potash;
livestock processing
Industrial production growth rate: 4.6% (FY92/93)
Electricity - production: 1 billion kWh (1998)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1998)
Electricity - consumption: 1.619 billion kWh (1998)
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (1998)
Electricity - imports: 689 million kWh (1998)
Agriculture - products: sorghum, corn, millet, pulses, groundnuts
(peanuts), beans, cowpeas, sunflower seed; livestock
Exports: $2.36 billion (f.o.b., 1999 est.)
Exports - commodities: diamonds 72%, vehicles, copper, nickel, meat
(1998)
Exports - partners: EU 74%, Southern African Customs Union (SACU) 21%,
Zimbabwe 3% (1996)
Imports: $2.05 billion (f.o.b., 1999 est.)
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment,
textiles, petroleum products
Imports - partners: Southern African Customs Union (SACU) 78%, Europe
8%, Zimbabwe 6% (1996)
Debt - external: $651 million (1998)
Economic aid - recipient: $73 million (1995)
Currency: 1 pula (P) = 100 thebe
Exchange rates: pulas (P) per US$1 - 4.6168 (January 2000), 4.6244
(1999), 4.2259 (1998), 3.6508 (1997), 3.3242 (1996), 2.7722 (1995)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
@Botswana:Communications
Telephones - main lines in use: 78,000 (1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular: NA
Telephone system: sparse system
domestic: small system of open-wire lines, microwave radio relay
links, and a few radiotelephone communication stations
international: two international exchanges; digital microwave radio
relay links to Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa; satellite earth
station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 15, shortwave 5 (1998)
Radios: 237,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 0 (1997)
Televisions: 31,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (1999)
@Botswana:Transportation
Railways:
total: 971 km
narrow gauge: 971 km 1.067-m gauge (1995)
Highways:
total: 18,482 km
paved: 4,343 km
unpaved: 14,139 km (1996 est.)
Ports and harbors: none
Airports: 92 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 82
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 57
under 914 m: 21 (1999 est.)
@Botswana:Military
Military branches: Botswana Defense Force (includes
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