Districts of Botswana

Districts of Botswana. The city districts (8) are not shown on the map.

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Botswana is divided into 15 administrative districts: 9 rural districts and 6 urban districts. (http://www.laws.gov.bw/) These are administered by 15 local authorities (district councils, city councils or town councils). (http://www.mlg.gov.bw/) Until 2006, Chobe and Ngamiland Districts shared the same local authority, the North-West District Council.

1. Central District
2. Ghanzi District
3. Kgalagadi District
4. Kgatleng District
5. Kweneng District
6. North-East District
7. Ngamiland District
8. South-East District
9. Southern District
10. Gaborone City
11. Francistown City of,
12. Lobatse Town
13. Selebi-Phikwe Town
14. Jwaneng Town
15. Sowa Township

Historical division

Map of the districts of Botswana before the 2001 merge of the districts of Chobe and Ngamiland.

See also

• Sub-districts of Botswana
• ISO 3166-2:BW