Bechuanaland Protectorate

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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Bechuanaland Protectorate
Other forms of name
nna Bechuanaland
Betsjoeanaland
British Protectorate of Bechuanaland
Betschuanaland Protektorat
Britse Protektoraat van Betsjoeanaland
Betsjoeanaland Protektoraat
Northern Bechuanaland
Bechuanaland, Northern
Start period
1885-03-31
End period
1966-09-30
Type of jurisdiction
Protectorates
See Also From tracing corporate name
Botswana
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q747314
Sources of Information
  • Col. Lip. gaz., 1966(Bechuanaland Protectorate; British protectorate, S. Africa, bounded by U. of So. Afr. (S & SE), South-West Africa (W & N), and Southern Rhodesia (NE))
  • BP road maps, between 1964 and 1966:p. 13 (Bechuanaland; Betsjoeanaland)
  • GEOnet, July 11, 2014(Botswana (approved), Republic of Botswana (approved); Botswana (short); variants: British Protectorate of Bechuanaland; Bechuanaland Protectorate; Betschuanaland Protektorat; Betsjoeanaland; Britse Protektoraat van Betsjoeanaland; Betsjoeanaland Protektoraat; Northern Bechuanaland; independent political entity; 22°00ʹ00ʺS, 024°00ʹ00ʺE (-22, 24))
  • Wikipedia, July 11, 2014(The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885, by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in southern Africa. It became the Republic of Botswana on 30 September 1966. Bechuanaland meant the country of the Tswana and for administrative purposes was divided into two political entities. The northern part was administered as the Bechuanaland Protectorate and the southern part was administered as the crown colony of British Bechuanaland. British Bechuanaland was incorporated into the Cape Colony in 1895 and now forms part of South Africa)
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Wikipedia description:

The Bechuanaland Protectorate () was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885 in Southern Africa by the United Kingdom. It became the Republic of Botswana on 30 September 1966.

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