Capital

Gaborone

Continent

Africa

Flag adopted

1966

Designer

Not individually credited

Botswana

Colors and meaning

• Light blue #75AADB

  Water, above all the rain that is central to Botswana's arid economy

• Black #000000

  Black citizens, and the black-and-white stripe together nods to racial harmony

• White #FFFFFF

  White citizens and the fairness sought at independence

Symbolism and history

A black stripe fringed by thin white lines crosses a light blue field. The blue was chosen specifically to avoid the red, black, green or gold used by many liberation-era African flags, aligning instead with the national motto "Pula" (rain).

Closest-looking flags

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  South Sudan

  Both use light blue as the dominant field color, though the internal devices are unrelated.

Further reading: Flag of Botswana on Wikipedia