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Bechuanaland Protectorate
Flag of Bechuanaland
Flag
Anthem: God Save the Queen
Location of Bechuanaland
CapitalMafeking (1885-1965)
Gaborone (1965)
Common languagesEnglish
Monarch 
• 1885-1901
Victoria (first)
• 1952-1966
Elizabeth II (last)
High Commissioner 
Historical eraNew Imperialism
March 31
• Expanded
1890
• Independence
September 30
CurrencySouth African Rand (1961-)
 Succeeded by
Botswana
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An 1885 map showing the Bechuanaland Protectorate prior to the creation of the crown colony of British Bechuanaland.
An 1887 map showing the Crown Colony of Bechuanaland (shaded pink) and the Bechuanaland Protectorate (pink border). This was prior to the extension northward to include Ngamiland in 1890

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