Coat of arms of Botswana

The current coat of arms of Botswana was adopted on 25 January 1966.

Water shortage and richness are so important that they be addressed in conspicuous crest for the people in the arid Botswana. The motto " Pula " means in the official language Setswana, rain '. ( Furthermore ie the currency of Botswana Pula. )

Coat of Arms Description

In the pointed oval light blue shield three blue wave beams, top of three gray gears and bottom of a brown bull head with silver long horns accompanied. Plate holder two upright silver - black, black behufte zebras, the heraldic right between the forelegs a golden elephant tusk, which left a red Sorghumähre reserved.

Under the shield on a blue ribbon the motto " Pula " black.

Symbolism

It symbolize

  • The shield shape the traditional sign of the Batswana,
  • The wave beam, the - rare - watercourses,
  • The gears of modern industry,
  • The bovine head the conventional livestock of (mainly ) Livestock farmers in the country,
  • Zebra and elephant tusk native fauna,
  • The sorghum conventional crop
  • The banner the crucial importance of rain for the nation.

54 African Member States of the United Nations: Egypt | Algeria | Angola | Equatorial Guinea | Ethiopia | Benin | Botswana | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Djibouti | Ivory Coast | Eritrea | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea- Bissau | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Kenya | Comoros | Democratic Republic of Congo | Republic of the Congo | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Morocco | Mauritania | Mauritius | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Rwanda | Zambia | São Tomé and Príncipe | Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Zimbabwe | Somalia | South Africa | Sudan | Sudan | Swaziland | Tanzania | Togo | Chad | Tunisia | Uganda | Central African Republic

Other regions: Ceuta and Melilla | Canary Islands | Madeira | Mayotte | Réunion | Saint Helena | Tristan da Cunha

Disputed territories: Puntland | Somaliland | Western Sahara

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