Makunda

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

Overview

Makunda is a village in Ghanzi District of Botswana. It is located close to the Namibian border. The population was 331 in 2001 census.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Ghanzi

• Charles Hill
  7.8 mi away
• New Xanagas
  34.3 mi away
• Karakubis
  37.8 mi away
• Kule
  42.3 mi away
• Nxogodimo
  50 mi away
• Ncojane
  52.9 mi away
• Metsiimantsho
  69.5 mi away
• Chobokwane
  71.7 mi away
• Groote Laagte
  99.6 mi away
• West Hanahai
  107.5 mi away
• Ghanzi
  108.8 mi away · pop. 10,700
• East Hanahai
  112 mi away

Browse all places in Ghanzi →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Greater Striped Swallow

Cecropis cucullata

Seen 2026-04-08

Western House Martin

Delichon urbicum

Seen 2026-04-08

Metallic Milkweed Leaf Beetle

Platycorynus dejeani

Seen 2025-01-13

Spotted Joker

Byblia ilithyia

Seen 2024-02-08

Elegant grasshopper

Zonocerus elegans

Seen 2024-02-08

Southern Tawny Eagle

Aquila rapax rapax

Seen 2023-01-10

Black Thorn

Senegalia mellifera detinens

Seen 2022-08-23

Camel Thorn

Vachellia erioloba

Seen 2022-08-23

Shepherds tree

Boscia albitrunca

Seen 2022-08-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).