Botswana
ISO 3166-1 country codes and official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Botswana. Use them in forms, validation, and CountriesDB integrations.
About Botswana codes
Need Botswana (BW) for a checkout form, shipping zone, or backend validation? This page summarizes the ISO 3166-1 country codes and official subdivisions developers use with CountriesDB.
This guide lists 16 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Botswana. These are the same codes CountriesDB serves through widgets and the Backend Data API.
For production, use the CountriesDB country/subdivision widget or fetch Botswana from the Data API and validate codes server-side instead of copying values from this page.
ISO codes
Official subdivisions (16)
Official ISO 3166-2 codes for Botswana. Use these values in region/state selects and server-side validation, not informal or marketing region names.
| Code | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BW-CE | Central | district |
| BW-CH | Chobe | district |
| BW-FR | Francistown | city |
| BW-GA | Gaborone | city |
| BW-GH | Ghanzi | district |
| BW-JW | Jwaneng | town |
| BW-KG | Kgalagadi | district |
| BW-KL | Kgatleng | district |
| BW-KW | Kweneng | district |
| BW-LO | Lobatse | town |
| BW-NE | North East | district |
| BW-NW | North West | district |
| BW-SP | Selibe Phikwe | town |
| BW-SE | South East | district |
| BW-SO | Southern | district |
| BW-ST | Sowa Town | town |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the ISO 3166-1 code for Botswana?
- Botswana uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 BW, alpha-3 BWA, and numeric 072. These codes show up in forms, shipping, banking, and APIs.
- How many official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions does Botswana have?
- CountriesDB lists 16 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Botswana (states, provinces, regions, or equivalent). Use them when you validate region selects and shipping zones.
- How do I use Botswana country and subdivision data in a form?
- Use the CountriesDB widget or Data API to fill country and subdivision selects for Botswana, then validate submitted codes with the Validation API so alpha-2 and ISO 3166-2 values stay consistent.
Use Botswana in your app
Add CountriesDB country and subdivision selects with the widget docs, or call the Backend Data API for Botswana (BW) and validate submissions with the Validation API. Guides stay in sync with the same dataset your project keys already use. widget docs.