What does ๐ง๐ผ Botswana Flag mean?
A light blue field crossed by a black horizontal band edged in white. The blue represents water and the national motto โPulaโ, meaning rain, while the black and white stripes celebrate racial harmony and recall the zebra, the national animal. Batswana post it on Independence Day, 30 September, and travellers use it for Okavango Delta safaris and the elephants of Chobe.
Technically, ๐ง๐ผ is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ง ๐ผ, which spell the region code BW. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters BW instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ง๐ผ Botswana Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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๐ง๐ผ Botswana Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Botswana Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Botswana Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ง๐ผ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :flag-bw:.
When was the Botswana Flag emoji added?
๐ง๐ผ Botswana Flag was added in Emoji 2.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does the Botswana Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (BW). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ง๐ผ flag.