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- ↑ "Contact Us" (Archive). Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana. Retrieved on February 8, 2014. "Plot 61920, Letsema Office Park, P.O.Box 250 Gaborone, Botswana."
- ↑ Home page (). Department of Civil Aviation. March 28, 2007. Retrieved on February 8, 2014.
- ↑ "About CAAB" (Archive) Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana. Retrieved on February 8, 2014.
