Bechuanaland facts for kids
Political map of South Africa, in 1885
Bechuanaland was a British protectorate, on the territoryof modern-day Botswana. The porotectorate was created in 1835. Great Britain offered protection against the Boer Republics. It had a territory of approximately 582,000 square kilometres (225,000 sq mi). The capital was outside the country: It was the modern-day city of Mahikeng, then called Mafeking, in South Africa.
Images for kids
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An 1887 map showing the Crown colony of Bechuanaland (shaded pink) and the Bechuanaland Protectorate (pink border). This was prior to the extension northward to include Ngamiland in 1890.
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Stamp with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953
See also
In Spanish: Bechuanalandia para niños
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