Kanye

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Kanye

Total population

45,196

Coordinates-24.98°, 25.34°

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

Overview

Kanye is a village in southern Botswana, located 83 kilometres (52 mi) south-west of the capital, Gaborone. It is the administrative centre of the Southern District, and had a population of 48,028 as of the 2022 Population and Housing Census. This is an increase compared to the 45,196 of the 2011 census, making it the ninth-largest village in the country. Kanye is the traditional capital of the Ngwaketse tribe, who first settled in the area in the 1790s. The village is the longest continuously-occupied tribal capital in the country.

Geography

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