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Botswana pula

Currency

ISO 4217 Code	BWP
Official user	Botswana
Unofficial user	Zimbabwe
Inflation	8.4%,12.5% (CIA World Factbook, 2008 est.)
Subunit
1/100	thebe
Symbol	P
Coins and Banknotes
Freq. used coins	50 thebe, 1, 2, 5 pula
Rarely used coins	1, 5, 10, 25 thebe
Central bank	Bank of Botswana

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The pula is the currency of Botswana. It has the ISO 4217 code BWP and is subdivided into 100 thebe. Pula literally means "rain" in Setswana, because rain is very scarce in Botswana - home to much of the Kalahari Desert - and therefore valuable. Pula also means "blessing" as rain is considered a blessing. Thebe means "shield".

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