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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.
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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.
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Latitude
-24.6581
Longitude
25.9088
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image