| LC control no. | n 79079502 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Bechuanaland Protectorate |
| Variant(s) | Bechuanaland Betsjoeanaland British Protectorate of Bechuanaland Betschuanaland Protektorat Britse Protektoraat van Betsjoeanaland Betsjoeanaland Protektoraat Northern Bechuanaland Bechuanaland, Northern |
| See also | Botswana |
| Beginning date | 18850331 |
| Ending date | 19660930 |
| Special note | SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under Botswana. Old catalog heading: Bechuanaland (Protectorate) |
| Found in | 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) |
| Geographic area code | f-bs--- |
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