The pula is a currency in use in Botswana. Pula literally means "rain" in Setswana, because rain is very scarce in Botswana, home to much of the Kalahari Desert. The pula is divided into 100 thebe (lit. "shield"). Tswana, also known as Setswana, is a Bantu language. ... Rain falling For other uses see Rain (disambiguation). ... The Kalahari Desert The Kalahari Desert is a large, arid to semi-arid sandy area in southern Africa that covers about 500,000 km². It covers 70% of Botswana, and parts of Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. ...
Pula is quoted by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri in the Divine Comedy: "come a Pola, presso del Carnaro ch'Italia chiude e i suoi termini bagna" or "as Pula, along the Quarnero, that marks the end of Italy and bathes its boundaries".
In 1813, Pula and Istria came under the rule of the new Austrian Empire, later the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and was assigned to the Austrian Littoral crown land.
Pula is the end point of the EuroVelo 9 cycle route that runs from Gdansk on the Baltic Sea through Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia.
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