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Botswana

polity · 1914 AD–present

Botswana, a polity recorded 1914 AD–present: 4 mapped boundaries, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.

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Recorded boundaries

PeriodControlConfidenceEvidenceNotes
1914 AD–1919 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1914 ADSubject to United Kingdom.
1920 AD–1937 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1920 AD—
1938 AD–1959 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1938 ADSubject to United Kingdom.
1960 AD–presentadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1960 AD—

Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.

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