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Districts of Botswana. The seven urban districts are not shown. | |
Category | Unitary State |
Location | Republic of Botswana |
Number | 17 Districts |
Populations | 2,914 (Sowa) – 652,085 (Central District) |
Areas | 17 km2 (6.6 sq mi) (Orapa) – 142,076 km2 (54,856 sq mi) (Central District) |
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Botswana is divided into 10 administrative districts, two cities, five towns and 11 sub districts. These are administered by 16 local authorities (district councils, city councils or town councils). [1] [2] [3]
Administrative District | Capital | Population 2022 | Population 2011 | Area (km2) | Density 2011 (/km2) |
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Southern District | Kanye | 240,544 | 215,775 | 28,470 | 7.5790 |
South-East District | Ramotswa | 385,038 | 345,613 | 1,780 | 194.2 |
Kweneng District | Molepolole | 387,703 | 304,549 | 31,100 | 9.793 |
Kgatleng District | Mochudi | 121,411 | 91,660 | 7,960 | 11.515 |
Central District | Serowe | 700,908 | 576,064 | 147,730 | 3.89944 |
North-East District | Masunga | 171,354 | 159,225 | 5,120 | 31.099 |
Ngamiland District | Maun | 196,574 | 152,284 | 109,130 | 1.39544 |
Chobe District | Kasane | 28,388 | 23,347 | 20,800 | 1.1225 |
Ghanzi District | Ghanzi | 55,884 | 43,355 | 117,910 | 0.367696 |
Kgalagadi District | Tsabong | 58,375 | 50,492 | 105,200 | 0.47996 |
Total | 2,359,609 | 2,024,904 | 570,162 | 3.551454 |
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Southern is one of the districts of Botswana. The capital of Southern district is Kanye, home to the Bangwaketse and Barolong in Botswana. The Southern district is home to Botswana's second largest beef farmers where there are large privately owned ranges, and several government run beef ranges which provide agricultural support to the local farmers. Maize and sorghum, Botswana's staple crop, are also raised in the area. Southern district is where the third diamond mine of Botswana was found, which buoys Botswana's economic state of prosperity. It was the first district to house the capital city before being moved to Gaborone after independence.
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South-East is one of the districts of Botswana. The capital city of Botswana, Gaborone, is surrounded by this district. The administrative capital for the South-East district is the village of Ramotswa. In the southeast, South-East borders the North West Province of South Africa. Domestically, it borders Kgatleng in northeast, Kweneng in northwest, Southern in southwest.
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Kanye is a village in southern Botswana, located 83 kilometres (52 mi) south-west of the capital, Gaborone. It is the administrative centre of the Southern District, and had a population of 48,028 as of the 2022 Population and Housing Census. This is an increase compared to the 45,196 of the 2011 census, making it the ninth-largest village in the country. Kanye is the traditional capital of the Ngwaketse tribe, who first settled in the area in the 1790s. The village is the longest continuously-occupied tribal capital in the country.
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Statistics Botswana (StatsBots) is the National statistical bureau of Botswana. The organization was previously under the Ministry of Finance and development planning as a department and was called Central Statistics Office. The organisation was initially set up in 1967 through an Act of Parliament – the Statistics Act and thereafter transformed into a parastatal through the revised Statistics Act of 2009. This act gives the Statistics Botswana the mandate and authority to collect, process, compile, analyse, publish, disseminate and archive official national statistics. It is also responsible for "coordinating, monitoring and supervising the National Statistical System" in Botswana. The office has its main offices in Gaborone and three satellite offices in Maun, Francistown and Ghanzi. The different areas in statistics that should be collected are covered under this Act and are clearly specified. The other statistics that are not specified can be collected as long as they are required by the Government, stakeholders and the users.