Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, [country] adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966.
Its capital is Ouagadougou.
[Country]'s coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean.
It is the second-largest country in Africa by area and eleventh largest in the world.
The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east.
Across the Gulf of Aqaba lies Jordan, and across from the Sinai Peninsula lies Saudi Arabia, although Jordan and Saudi Arabia do not share a land border with [country].
[Country] is the only sovereign African state in which Spanish is an official language.
With over 100 million inhabitants [country] is the most populous landlocked country in the world, as well as the second-most populous nation on the African continent after Nigeria.
[Country] means 'Warrior King' in the Soninke language.
[Country] covers a land area of almost 1,270,000 km², making it the largest country in West Africa, with over 80 percent of its land area covered by the Sahara Desert.
The islands were uninhabited until their discovery by Portuguese explorers in the 15th century.
The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania.
Although it does not border Namibia, less than 200 metres of the Zambezi River separates it from that country.
The northeastern and eastern parts of [country] have an extensive coastline along the Red Sea.
[Country] was once part of the kingdom of Gabu, as well as part of the Mali Empire.
The islands of [country] and Rodrigues form part of the Mascarene Islands, along with nearby Réunion, a French overseas department.
[Country] has a tropical climate, with a diverse environment ranging from savannah to rainforests.
[Country] has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland, and its terrain consists mainly of plateaus, plains and highlands.
The population is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the northwest, the core economic hubs of the country.
The exclave province of Cabinda has borders with the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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