Sowa, Botswana
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20°33′49″S 026°13′28″E / 20.56361°S 26.22444°E
Sowa is a town in the Central District of Botswana, but is a separate administrative district. The Sowa Township was established in 1991 by an act of Parliament, Statutory Instrument No.26 of 1991 and governed by Sowa Township Regulations, 1991 under the Township Act (Cap 40:02).
Sowa means salt in the language of the San. The town is located near the Sua Pan (also known as Sowa Pan),[1] a salt pan where sodium carbonate (soda ash) is mined.[2]
References
- ^ Sowa Pan. Botswana Tourism Board.
- ^ Murphy, Alan (2007). Southern Africa (4th ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 99. ISBN 9781740597456. OCLC 156530975.
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