The national flag of Botswana was adopted on September 30, 1966. The flag is light blue with a black horizontal band across the centre, with a white border. The stripes are in a ratio of 9:1:4:1:9. The blue colour stands for water, specifically rain, and comes from the motto on the Botswana coat of arms, which states Pula, the Tswana word for "Let there be rain". The white and black bands stand for racial harmony, and also refer to the zebras that support the nation's coat of arms. Image File history File links Flag_of_Botswana. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Botswana. ... FIAV usage code 56 See Vexillological symbols for its meaning File links The following pages link to this file: Flag of France Flag of Luxembourg Flag of Nepal Flag of Burkina Faso Flag of Poland Flag of the Vatican City Flag of Australia Solomon Islands Flag of Chad Flag of... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Blue is any of a number of similar colors. ... Black is a color with several subtle differences in meaning. ... White is a color, (more accurately it contains all the colors of the visible spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ... A girl in a swimming pool full of water Water (from the Old English waeter; c. ... Rain falling For other uses see Rain (disambiguation). ... A motto is a phrase or a short list of words meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... Tswana, also known as Setswana, is a Bantu language. ... Species Equus zebra Equus quagga Equus grevyi *See Equusfor other species. ...
The national flag of Botswana was adopted on September 30, 1966.
The flag is light blue with a fl horizontal band across the centre, with a white border.
The blue colour stands for water, specifically rain, and comes from the motto on the Botswana coat of arms, which states Pula, the Tswana word for "Let there be rain".
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