Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 2:3.
How to recognise it
Light blue field with a black horizontal band, edged in white, across the middle.
- Name in the quiz
- Botswana
- UN member state name
- Botswana
- ISO 3166-1 code
- BW
- Atlas Play pack
- Africa (starter pack)
Easily confused with
ArgentinaBotswana: a black band edged in white. Argentina: a white band with a golden sun.
EstoniaEstonia: blue, black, white in equal bands. Botswana: light blue with a narrow black band edged in white.
GambiaGambia: red, blue, green. Botswana: light blue with a black band.
NauruNauru: dark blue, a yellow stripe and a white star. Botswana: light blue, a black band edged in white.
Source and checks
Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Botswana (A light blue field cut horizontally in the centre by a black stripe with a thin white frame; proportion 2:3). Checked 2026-10-18 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered artwork compared with the reference design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/bw.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 0ff8fdd2db8e…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.