Botswana is a country in the middle of southern Africa. Its capital is Gaborone. It has no sea coast; it sits inland, with Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia around it, and much of the west is the Kalahari, a huge dry land. English uses Botswana for the country, and also in phrases like Botswana’s government or a Botswana official. Though actually, careful writing often calls the people Batswana (one person: Motswana), after the Tswana naming pattern; many English speakers still just say “people from Botswana.” It is a fairly small country in population — a couple of million people — but it is well known for wildlife and for diamonds.