If you look at a 2015 calendar, you might spot that summer begins on June 21st this year. This uses the astronomical seasons, based on the solstices and equinoxes that occur through the year. Seasons occur due to the fact that the Earth is tilted from its axis by 23.5 degrees.
Botswana /bÉtËswÉËnÉ/ , officially the Republic of Botswana (Tswana: Lefatshe la Botswana), is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens refer to themselves as Batswana (singular: Motswana).Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966.Since then, it has maintained a strong tradition of stable representative democracy, with a consistent record of uninterrupted democratic elections.otswana is a member of the African Union, the Southern African Development Community, the Commonwealth of Nations, and the United Nations.
The name derives from the Old French, Middle English mote, a moat, ditch or fortified stronghold, and was originally given as a topographical name to one who resided by such a fortification, or as a locational name to someone from any of the places in France named with this word.he first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Moth, which was dated 1273, in the Hundred Rolls of Norfolk, during the reign of King Edward 1, known as The Hammer of the Scots, 1272 - 1307. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation.