Botswana flag emoji ๐ง๐ผ
๐ง๐ผ is the flag of Botswana, ISO code BW. Copy it here.
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About the Botswana flag emoji
Flag of Botswana, light blue with a black horizontal stripe edged in white, standing for rain and racial harmony. The emoji is ๐ง๐ผ. The characters behind the Botswana flag are the regional indicators for B and W, spelling BW; two such letters in a row always render as one flag: Botswanaโs. Windows has no flag artwork, so there BW appears as the letters B W. Botswana (BW) joined the flag set in Emoji 1.0 (2015); BW renders on every major platform except Windows. Copy BW from the card; the flag emoji hub groups Botswana with the other Africa flags, such as Mauritius, listed beside Botswana.
Unicode name: flag: Botswana ยท U+1F1E7 U+1F1FC ยท Emoji 2.0 (2015) ยท group: Flags.
How people use it
- National pride: Botswana (BW) next to a name, a result or a holiday post, Botswanan style
- Travel: a trip to Botswana, a photo location, or a โfrom โ toโ bio with BW
- Language: BW as shorthand for the language of Botswana in menus, captions and bios about Botswana
- Sport: team line-ups, match threads and medal tables for BW, Botswana
- In other languages: Spanish Botsuana, French Botswana, German Botsuana
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Use it for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| flag: BotswanaU+1F1E7 U+1F1FC | BW: the Botswana flag | ISO code BW | |
| flag: MauritiusU+1F1F2 U+1F1FA | Near Botswana: code MU | Africa, like Botswana | |
| flag: MoroccoU+1F1F2 U+1F1E6 | Near Botswana: code MA | Africa, like Botswana | |
| flag: SeychellesU+1F1F8 U+1F1E8 | Near Botswana: code SC | Africa, like Botswana |
Questions people ask
What flag is ๐ง๐ผ?
๐ง๐ผ is the flag of Botswana โ light blue with a black horizontal stripe edged in white, standing for rain and racial harmony.
How do I type the Botswana flag emoji?
Search โBotswanaโ in the emoji keyboardโs Flags section, type :flag_bw: in Discord or Slack, or copy BW from this page: it is the regional indicators B and W.
Why does the Botswana flag show as letters?
Windows has never shipped flag images, so the Botswana flag becomes the letters B W there; every other major platform draws BW.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
