Lobatse
Lobatse | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Lobatse | |
| Coordinates: 25°13′S 25°40′E / 25.217°S 25.667°E | |
| Country | Botswana |
| District | South-East District |
| Elevation | 1,188 m (3,898 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 29,082 |
| Time zone | GMT +2 |
| Climate | BSh |
Lobatse is a town in south-eastern Botswana, 70 kilometres south of the capital Gaborone, situated in a valley running north towards Gaborone. Lobatse has a population of 29,800 (Central Statistics Office, 2002). The town is an administrative district, with a town council.[2]
Government and infrastructure
Lobatse Senior Secondary School is located in Lobatse. The Botswana Prison Service (BPS) operates the Lobatse Prison.[3] The High Court of Botswana has a branch in Lobatse. There is a psychiatric hospital known as Sbrana Psychiatric Hospital.
Twin towns – sister cities
Lobatse is twinned with:
Walvis Bay, Namibia
See also
References
- ^ "2011 census". Archived from the original on 11 January 2013.
- ^ Laws of Botswana Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, Ministry of Local Government Archived 2009-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Prisons and Rehabilitation." (Archive) Government of Botswana. Retrieved on 26 March 2013.