Gaborone

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Gaborone

Total population

231,626

Coordinates-24.66°, 25.91°

Demographic figures from Statistics Botswana. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Gaborone is the capital and largest city of Botswana. It was formerly spelled as Gaberones during the colonial era, a name still occasionally used in older English texts and maps. With a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its metropolitan area is home to 534,842 inhabitants at the 2022 census.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Dipsy Selolwane

Botswana footballer

Mpule Kwelagobe

Botswana businesswoman, model, and beauty queen

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Modiri Marumo

former Botswana footballer

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Pontsho Moloi

Motswana footballer

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Joel Mogorosi

Motswana footballer

Alister Walker

Motswana squash player

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Mogakolodi Ngele

footballer

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Samantha Paxinos

Botswana swimmer (* 1988)

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Larona Kgabo

Motswana model and blogger

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Malepa Bolelang

Motswana footballer

Ponatshego Kedikilwe

Motswana politician

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Abednico Powell

Motswana footballer

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Dirang Moloi

Botswana footballer

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John Kamyuka

Motswana swimmer (* 1989)

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Sekgoma II

Motswana chief

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Sheillah Molelekwa

Beauty Pageant winner

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Gaborone

• Ebago
  2339.9 mi away
• A Gudiña
  5069.9 mi away · pop. 709
• Xinzo de Limia
  5085.7 mi away · pop. 7,212
• O Barco
  5086.9 mi away · pop. 11,093
• Vilamartín
  5088.8 mi away · pop. 648
• A Rúa de Valdeorras
  5089 mi away · pop. 4,119
• Vilar de Santos
  5089 mi away · pop. 339
• Baños de Molgas
  5094.8 mi away · pop. 336
• Allariz
  5095.2 mi away · pop. 4,157
• Maceda
  5095.9 mi away · pop. 1,772
• Quiroga
  5097.8 mi away · pop. 1,429
• As Neves
  5105.9 mi away · pop. 447

Browse all places in Gaborone →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Gaborone

Gaborone

Hugh Wilson and Lewis Womersley (Firm) · 1971

Gaborone City development plan, 1997-2021

Gaborone (Botswana). City Council · 2009

Gaborone migration survey

Betsey Stephens · 1976

Botswana minimap, Okavango, Chobe, Gaborone

Map Studio (Firm) · 1987

Guide to greater Gaborone

Alec Campbell · 2003

Dumela Gaborone

Peta McAdam · 2010

Educational guide to Gaborone Game Reserve

Doreen Wolfsen McColaugh · 1993

The raid on Gaborone, June 14, 1985

Libero Nyelele · 1986

Search results from Open Library.