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HEAD OF STATE
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BOTSWANA
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a Unitary parliamentary
constitutional republic
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English, Swahili
Gaborone
224,610 sq miles
2 million (2018)
$20 billion (2019)
Botswana pula
66% Protestant
20% None
7% Catholic
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President since 2018
MOKGWEETSI MASISI
Born 1961
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LESOTHO
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a Unitary parliamentary
constitutional monarchy
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English, Sesotho
Maseru
11,720 sq miles
2 million (2018)
$7 billion (2017)
Lesotho loti, South
African rand
55% Christian
40% Catholic
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King since 1996
LETSIE III
Born 1963
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Prime Minister since 2017
TOM THABANE
Born 1939
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NAMIBIA
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a Unitary
dominant-party
semi-presidential
republic
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English
Windhoek
318,772 sq miles
3 million (2017)
$27 billion (2018)
Namibian dollar,
South African rand
75% Christian
15% indigenous
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President since 2015
HAGE GEINGOB
Born 1941
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SOUTH AFRICA
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a Unitary
dominant-party
parliamentary
constitutional republic
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11 languages
Pretoria
471,445 sq miles
59 million (2019)
$813 billion (2019)
South African rand
73% Protestant
15% None
7% Catholic
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President since 2018
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA
Born 1952
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SWAZILAND
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a Unitary parliamentary
Absolute monarchy
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Swazi, English
Mbabane
6,704 sq miles
1 million (2018)
$12 billion (2019)
Swazi lilangeni
South African rand
83% Christian
15% indigenous
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King since 1986
MSWATI III
Born 1968
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Prime Minister since 2018
AMBROSE MANDVULO
DIAMINI
Born 1968
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