<P> 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 and a blessing . The word also serves as the national motto of the country . </P>
<P> 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 and a blessing . The word also serves as the national motto of the country . </P>
monetary unit of botswana equal to one hundredth of a pula
monetary unit of botswana equal to one hundredth of a pula
thebe
thebe