ISO 3166-2:BW is the entry for Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

 in ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2

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, part of the ISO 3166

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s for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., province

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 coded in ISO 3166-1

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Currently for Botswana, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 9 districts

Districts of Botswana

||Botswana is divided into 16 administrative districts: 10 rural districts and 6 urban districts. These are administered by 16 local authorities...

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Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is BW, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

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 code of Botswana. The second part is two letters.

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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Code	Subdivision name
BW-CE	Central Central District (Botswana) Central is the largest of Botswana's districts in terms of area and population. It encompasses the traditional homeland of the Bamangwato people. Some of the most politically connected Batswana have come from the Central District, including former President Sir Seretse Khama, former President...
BW-GH	Ghanzi Ghanzi District Ghanzi is a district in western Botswana, bordering Namibia in the west and extending east into much of the interior of the country. The district's administrative centre is the town of Ghanzi. Most of the eastern half of Ghanzi makes up the Central Kalahari Game Reserve...
BW-KG	Kgalagadi
BW-KL	Kgatleng Kgatleng District Kgatleng is one of the districts of Botswana, coterminous with the homeland of the Bakgatla people. Its capital is Mochudi, the hometown of protagonist Precious Ramotswe in Alexander McCall Smith's popular The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series...
BW-KW	Kweneng Kweneng District Kweneng is one of the districts of Botswana and is the recent historical homeland of the Bakwena people, the first group in Botswana converted to Christianity by famed missionary David Livingstone. Various landmarks, including Livingstone's Cave, allude to this history...
BW-NE	North-East North-East District (Botswana) The North-East District is one of the administrative districts of Botswana. Its capital is Masunga. In 2001, North-East had a population of 132,422 people...
BW-NW	North-West North-West District (Botswana) North-West District Council is one of the local authorities of Botswana. It was established in 1966, overlapping the administrative districts of Chobe and Ngamiland...
BW-SE	South-East South-East District (Botswana) South-East is one of the districts of Botswana.The capital city of Botswana, Gaborone, is surrounded by this district. The administrative capital for the South-East district is the village of Ramotswa....
BW-SO	Southern Southern District (Botswana) Southern is one of the districts of Botswana. The capital of Southern district is Kanye, home to the Bangwaketse. It is one of the largest growing villages in Botswana. There are also other large villages in the southern district like Mushopa home to the Bakgatla-ba-ga Mmanaana, and Goodhope, home...

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:

Newsletter	Date issued	Description of change in newsletter	Code/Subdivision change
		Deletion of Chobe district which is incorporated into (new) BW-NW. Change of code element of North-West District to BW-NW. Deletion of alternative names. Update of list source	Subdivisions deleted: BW-CH Chobe Chobe District Chobe District is a district of Botswana, with the headquarters in Kasane. Until 2006, it shared with Ngamiland the North-West District Council as local government. Chobe National park is in the Chobe District... Codes: BW-NG Ngamiland → BW-NW North-West North-West District (Botswana) North-West District Council is one of the local authorities of Botswana. It was established in 1966, overlapping the administrative districts of Chobe and Ngamiland...

See also

• Subdivisions of Botswana
  Subdivisions of Botswana
  Botswana is divided into 10 districts#Central District#Ghanzi District#Kgalagadi District#Kgatleng District#Kweneng District#North-East District#North-West District#South-East District#Southern District#Chobe District...
  
  
• FIPS region codes of Botswana

External links

• Districts of Botswana, Statoids.com