Inden for [[tankesport]] er især [[bridge]] populært. Spillet har opnået sin status, fordi en række udsendte engelske skolelærere har undervist i bridge i de øverste klasser i folkeskolen. Det botswanske bridgeforbund har tredjeflest medlemmer i Afrika.<ref name=bridge />{{-}}
== Noter ==
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<ref name=factbook>{{cite web | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bc.html | title = Botswana | work = The World Factbook | publisher = [[CIA]] | access-date = 2014-01-22 | archive-date = 15. oktober 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151015203531/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bc.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>
<ref name=census>{{cite web | url = http://www.cso.gov.bw/templates/cso/file/File/Census%202011%20Preliminary%20%20Brief%20Sept%2029%202011.pdf | title = 2011 Population and Housing Census | work = Central Statistic Office | publisher = Botswanas regering | date = 2011-09-29 | author = Majelantle, Anna | format = PDF | access-date = 2014-01-22 | archive-date = 23. september 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923212100/http://www.cso.gov.bw/templates/cso/file/File/Census%202011%20Preliminary%20%20Brief%20Sept%2029%202011.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>
<ref name=imf>{{cite web | url = http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=113&pr.y=16&sy=2009&ey=2012&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=616&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a= | title = Report for Selected Countries: Botswana | publisher = [[IMF]] | date = april 2013 | access-date = 2014-01-22 }}</ref>
<ref name=bedia>{{cite web | url = http://www.bedia.co.bw/article.php?id_mnu=50 | title = Quality of Life | publisher = Botswana Export Development & Investment Authority | access-date = 2014-01-24 | year = 2007 | archive-date = 24. november 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121124020249/http://www.bedia.co.bw/article.php?id_mnu=50 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=hdr>{{cite web | url = http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries | title  = International Human Development Indicators | publisher = [[UNDP|FN's udviklingsprogram]] | access-date = 2014-01-24 | year = 2013 }}</ref>
<ref name=parsons>{{cite web | url = http://www.thuto.org/ubh/bw/bhp1.htm | title = A Brief History of Botswana | author = Parsons, Neil | publisher = University of Botswana, History Department | access-date = 2014-01-25 | date = april 1999 }}</ref>
<ref name=namibia>{{cite web | url = http://www.southern-eagle.com/namibia/namgeninfo.html | title = Namibia General Information | publisher = Southern Eagle Tours | access-date = 2014-01-25 | archive-date = 16. juli 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716112332/http://www.southern-eagle.com/namibia/namgeninfo.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>
<ref name=darkoh>{{cite web | url = http://www.rala.is/rade/ralareport/darkoh.pdf | title = Desertification in Botswana | author = Darkoh, Michael B.K. | publisher = Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands | work = RALA Report nr. 200 | access-date = 2014-01-28 | archive-date = 10. oktober 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101010191509/http://www.rala.is/rade/ralareport/darkoh.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=afrol>{{cite web | url = http://www.afrol.com/articles/21794 | title = Botswana, US sign 'Debt-for-Nature' agreement | publisher = afrol.com | date = 2010-10-06 | access-date = 2014-01-29 }}</ref>
<ref name=undp>{{cite web | url = http://www.undp.org.bw/docs/speaches/official_launch_%20kgalagadi.pdf | title = Official launch of the Kgalagadi South Indigenous Vegetation Project | publisher = UNDP | author = Foerde, Bjoern | date = 2003-04-10 | access-date = 2014-01-29 | format = PDF | archive-date = 22. februar 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140222000211/http://www.undp.org.bw/docs/speaches/official_launch_%20kgalagadi.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=afrol2>{{cite web | url = http://www.afrol.com/articles/13090 | title = Botswana villages fighting desertification | publisher = afrol.com | date = 2013-06-03 | access-date = 2014-01-29 }}</ref>
<ref name=landsberg>{{cite book | title = General Survey of Climatology | editor = Landsberg | publisher = Elsevier | year = 2001 }}</ref>
<ref name=ti>{{cite web | url = http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2013/results/ | title = Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 | publisher = Transparency International | access-date = 2014-02-02 | archive-date =  3. december 2013 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20131203061004/http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2013/results/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>
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<ref name=defweb>{{cite web | url = http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29364:botswana&catid=119:african-militaries&Itemid=255 | title = Botswana | publisher = DefenceWeb | date = 2013-02-07 | access-date = 2014-02-02 }}</ref>
<ref name=behnke>{{cite book | url = http://books.google.dk/books?id=csWh3znUrWcC&pg=PA14&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false | title = Botswana in Pictures | author = Behnke, Alison | page = 14 | access-date = 2014-02-08 | publisher = Twenty First Century Books | year = 2009 | isbn = 9781575059532 }}</ref>
<ref name=plants>{{cite web | url = http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/botswanflora.htm | title = Botswana - Plants | publisher = kidcyber.com.au | access-date = 2014-02-08 | date = juli 2009 | author = Sydenham, S. & Thomas, R. | archive-date = 13. marts 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110313012401/http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/botswanflora.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=iberia>{{cite web | url = http://iberianature.com/wildworld/guides/wildlife-of-botswana/birds-of-botswana/ | title = Birds of Botswana | publisher = iberianature.com | access-date = 2014-02-08 }}</ref>
<ref name=citypop>{{cite web | url = http://www.cso.gov.bw/templates/cso/file/File/Population%20of%20Towns%20and%20Villages%20_2011%20PHC_%20Jun%204%202012..pdf | archive-url = https://www.webcitation.org/68QAYaEFm?url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/templates/cso/file/File/Population%20of%20Towns%20and%20Villages%20_2011%20PHC_%20Jun%204%202012..pdf | title = 2011 Botswana Population and Housing Census | publisher = Central Statistic Organization | archive-date = 14. juni 2012 | access-date = 2014-02-02 |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name=brtime>{{cite web | url = http://www.botswanarailways.co.bw/timeline | title = Timeline | publisher = Botswana Railways | access-date = 2014-02-03 }}</ref>
<ref name=mmegi>{{cite web | url = http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1&aid=3&dir=2009/February/Friday27http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1&aid=3&dir=2009/February/Friday27 | title = BR stops train service | publisher = Mmegi Online | date = 2009-02-27 | access-date = 2014-02-03 | author = Gaotlhobogwe, Monkagedi | archive-date = 31. marts 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160331153136/http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1&aid=3&dir=2009%2FFebruary%2FFriday27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmegi.bw%2Findex.php%3Fsid%3D1&aid=3&dir=2009%2FFebruary%2FFriday27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=rafrica>{{cite web | url = http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2010/11/01/give-br-a-chance/ | title = Give BR a chance | publisher = Railways Africa | date = 2010-11-01 | access-date = 2014-02-03 }}</ref>
<ref name=flights>{{cite web | url = https://www.airbotswana.co.bw/air-botswana-flights.php | title = Flight Schedule Information | publisher = Air Botswana | access-date = 2014-02-03 | archive-date = 22. februar 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140222210611/https://www.airbotswana.co.bw/air-botswana-flights.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=fleet>{{cite web | url = https://www.airbotswana.co.bw/air-botswana-content.php?page=Privatization&id=SU105 | title = Wings for development | publisher = Air Botswana | access-date = 2014-02-03 | archive-date = 22. februar 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140222210608/https://www.airbotswana.co.bw/air-botswana-content.php?page=Privatization&id=SU105 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=executive>{{cite web | url = https://www.airbotswana.co.bw/air-botswana-content.php?page=About+Us&id=SU106 | title = Executive summary | publisher = Air Botswana | access-date = 2014-02-03 | archive-date = 22. februar 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140222210606/https://www.airbotswana.co.bw/air-botswana-content.php?page=About+Us&id=SU106 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=radar>{{cite web | url = http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/GBE | title =  Gaborone Sir Seretse Khama International Airport - GBE / FBSK - Gaborone, Botswana | publisher = FlightRadar24.com | access-date = 2014-02-03 }}</ref>
<ref name=motor>{{cite web | url = http://www.tradingeconomics.com/botswana/roads-total-network-km-wb-data.html | title = Roads - total network (km) in Botswana | access-date = 2014-02-03 | publisher = Trading Economics }}</ref>
<ref name=road>{{cite web | url = http://www.botswanatourism.us/experience_botswana/road_network_map.html | title = Botswana Road Network Map | access-date = 2014-02-03 | publisher = Botswana Tourism | archive-date = 22. februar 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140222043413/http://www.botswanatourism.us/experience_botswana/road_network_map.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=msu>{{cite web | url = http://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/botswana/economy | title = Botswana: Economy | publisher = Michigan State University | access-date = 2014-02-03 }}</ref>
<ref name=afdb>{{cite web | url = http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/Bostwana%20Full%20PDF%20Country%20Note.pdf | publisher = African Economic Outlook | year = 2012 | title = Botswana | access-date = 2014-02-03 | format = PDF }}</ref>
<ref name=mundi>{{cite web | url = http://www.indexmundi.com/map/?v=67&r=af&l=en | title = GDP - per capita (PPP) - Africa | publisher = Index Mundi (CIA World Factbook) | access-date = 2014-02-03 | year = 2011 }}</ref>
<ref name=ecofree>{{cite web | url = http://www.bedia.co.bw/news/news.php?NewsID=37 | title = Botswana again ratedas a World Economic Freedom leader | publisher = bedia.co.bw | date = 2009-09-18 | access-date = 2014-02-03 | archive-date = 23. februar 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140223025616/http://www.bedia.co.bw/news/news.php?NewsID=37 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=bain>{{cite web | url = http://www.bain.com/publications/articles/global-diamond-report-2013.aspx | title = Global Diamond Report 2013 | publisher = Bain & Company | access-date = 2014-02-03 | date = 2013-08-27 | author = Spektorov, Y.; Linde, O.; Cornelissen, B. og Khomenko, R.}}</ref>
<ref name=oecd>{{cite web | url = http://www.oecd.org/dev/38561744.pdf | publisher = OECD | title = Botswana | format = PDF | year = 2007 | access-date = 2014-02-03 }}</ref>
<ref name=debswana>{{cite web | url = http://www.debswana.com/About%20Debswana/reports1/2012%20Report%20to%20Stakeholders.pdf | publisher = Debswana | title = Report to Stakeholders | year = 2012 | format = PDF | access-date = 2014-02-03 | archive-date = 21. februar 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140221220712/http://www.debswana.com/About%20Debswana/reports1/2012%20Report%20to%20Stakeholders.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=mineral>{{cite web | url = http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2005/bcmyb05.pdf | title = 2005 Minerals Yearbook - Botswana | author = Mobbs, P.M. | publisher = U.S. Geological Survey | format = PDF | access-date = 2014-02-03 }}</ref>
<ref name=gt>{{cite web | url = http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/815616/Australian-miner-to-develop-Botswanas-first-uranium-mine-by-2017.aspx | title = Australian miner to develop Botswana's first uranium mine by 2017 | publisher = Global Times | date = 2013-10-05 | access-date = 2014-02-03 }}{{Dødt link|date=maj 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
<ref name=mining>{{cite web | url = http://www.mining.com/botswana-rapidly-emerging-as-uranium-power-in-africa-major-south-korean-project-and-dont-forget-pine-creek/ | title = Botswana rapidly emerging as uranium power in Africa, major South Korean project and don't forget Pine Creek | publisher = mining.com | date = 2012-02-28 | access-date = 2014-02-03 }}</ref>
<ref name=tourism>{{cite web | url = http://www.mewt.gov.bw/uploads/files/TOURISM%20STATISTICS%202006-2009_1.pdf | title = Tourism Statistics 2006-2009 | publisher = Department of Tourism | format = PDF | access-date = 2014-02-03 | archive-date = 22. februar 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140222130500/http://www.mewt.gov.bw/uploads/files/TOURISM%20STATISTICS%202006-2009_1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=hunt>{{cite web | url = http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/15/no-more-hunting-of-any-kind-in-botswana/ | title = No More Hunting of Any Kind in Botswana... | publisher = National Geographic | date = 2012-11-15 | author = Boyes, Steve | access-date = 2014-02-03 }}</ref>
<ref name=unesco>{{cite web | url = http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/document.aspx?ReportId=125&IF_Language=eng&BR_Fact=LTRAT&BR_Region=40540 | title = Adult (15+) literacy rate (%). Total - 2011 | publisher = [[UNESCO]] | access-date = 2014-02-04 | archive-date = 23. februar 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140223232701/http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/document.aspx?ReportId=125&IF_Language=eng&BR_Fact=LTRAT&BR_Region=40540 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=edu>{{cite web | url = http://www.classbase.com/Countries/Botswana/Education-System | title = Educational System in Botswana | publisher = classbase.com | access-date = 2014-02-04 }}</ref>
<ref name=edupay>{{cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4601360.stm | title = Botswana brings back school fees | publisher = BBC | date = 2006-01-11 | access-date = 2014-02-04 }}</ref>
<ref name=unihist>{{cite web | url = http://www.ub.bw/content/id/1366/History/ | title = History | publisher = Botswana Universitet | access-date = 2014-02-04 }}</ref>
<ref name=betts>{{cite web | url = http://www.unhcr.org/4a76fc8a9.html | title = National and international  responses to the Zimbabwean exodus: implications for the refugee protection regime | publisher = UNHCR | author = Betts, A. & Kaytaz, E. | work = New issues in refugee research | date = juli 2009 | access-date = 2014-02-05 | format = PDF | page = 17 }}</ref>
<ref name=bush>{{cite web | url = http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/09/0914_040914_labushmen.html | title = African Bushmen Tour U.S. to Fund Fight for Land | publisher = National Geographic | author = Lovgren, Stefan | date = 2004-09-14 | access-date = 2014-02-05 }}</ref>
<ref name=anaya>{{cite web | url = http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/5600 | title = UN report condemns Botswana’s treatment of Bushmen | date = 2010-03-03 | publisher = Survival | access-date = 2014-02-05 }}</ref>
<ref name=beat>{{cite web | url = http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/9903 | title = Bushman beaten by Botswana’s paramilitary police | date = 2014-01-16 | access-date = 2014-02-05 | publisher = Survival }}</ref>
<ref name=relfree>{{cite web | url = http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2012/af/208120.htm | title = Botswana | work = 2012 Report on International Religious Freedom | publisher = U.S. Department of State | date = 2012-05-20 | access-date = 2014-02-05 }}</ref>
<ref name=health>{{cite web | url = http://www.moh.gov.bw/index.php?option=com_content1&id=2# | title = About MOH | publisher = Ministry of Health | access-date = 2014-02-07 | archive-date = 22. februar 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140222130459/http://www.moh.gov.bw/index.php?option=com_content1&id=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=worldbank>{{cite web | url = http://data.worldbank.org/country/botswana | title = Botswana | publisher = The World Bank | access-date = 2014-02-07 }}</ref>
<ref name=hiv>{{cite journal | url = http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2796.2007.01910.x/pdf | format = PDF | journal = Journal of Internal Medicine | volume = 263 | issue = 3 | author = Kallings, L.O. | title = The first postmodern pandemic: 25 years of HIV/ AIDS | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2007.01910.x | date = 2008-01-17 | access-date = 2014-02-07 }}</ref>
<ref name=referral>{{cite web | url = http://www.gov.bw/en/Ministries--Authorities/Ministries/MinistryofHealth-MOH/Departments-of-MOH/MOA-Departments1/ | title = Referral Hospitals | publisher = Ministry of Health | access-date = 2014-02-07 }}</ref>
<ref name=hospital>{{cite web | url = http://www.mapsofworld.com/botswana/hospitals.html | publisher = mapsoftheworld.com | title = Botswana Hospitals | access-date = 2014-02-07 }}</ref>
<ref name=unaids>{{cite web | url = http://www.unaids.org/en/media/unaids/contentassets/documents/unaidspublication/2011/JC2216_WorldAIDSday_report_2011_en.pdf | title = How to get to zero: Faster. Smarter. Better. | publisher = UNAIDS | access-date = 2014-02-07 | year = 2011 | format = PDF }}</ref>
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