Districts of Botswana

Districts of Botswana
Districts of Botswana
	Districts of Botswana. The seven urban districts are not shown.
Category	Unitary State
Location	Republic of Botswana
Number	17 Districts
Populations	3,598 (Sowa) – 576,064 (Central District)
Areas	17 km2 (6.6 sq mi) (Orapa) – 142,076 km2 (54,856 sq mi) (Central District)
Government	District government;
Subdivisions	Sub-district;

Botswana is divided into 17 administrative districts: 10 rural districts and 7 urban districts. These are administered by 16 local authorities (district councils, city councils or town councils).^[1]^[2]

District	Population	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
Gaborone City	231,592	169	1,370
Francistown City	98,961	79	1,253
Lobatse Town	29,007	42	691
Selebi-Phikwe Town	49,411	50	990
Jwaneng Town	18,008	100	180
Orapa Town	9,531	17	561
Sowa Township	3,598	159	22.63
Southern District	197,767	28,470	6.9465
South-East District	85,014	1,780	47.76
Kweneng District	304,549	31,100	9.793
Kgatleng District	91,660	7,960	11.515
Central District	576,064	142,076	4.054619
North-East District	60,264	5,120	11.770
Ngamiland District	152,284	109,130	1.39544
Chobe District	23,347	20,800	1.1225
Ghanzi District	43,095	117,910	0.365491
Kgalagadi District	50,752	105,200	0.48243
Total^{[note 1]}	2,024,904	570,162	3.551454

^ Census report has total area as 581730 km², which presumably includes water area.

References

^ "2011 Population & Housing Census Analytical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
^ Botswana Government Ministries & Authorities Archived 2017-06-06 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Census report has total area as 581730 km², which presumably includes water area.

[census-1] "2011 Population & Housing Census Analytical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2017-07-17.

[M&A-2] Botswana Government Ministries & Authorities Archived 2017-06-06 at the Wayback Machine

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See also

References