Rakops

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

Overview

Rakops, also known as Tsienyane, is a village in Central District of Botswana. It is located south-west of Makgadikgadi Pan, and is served by local Rakops Airport. The population was 6,396 in 2011 census.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

G

Gaolesiela Salang

Motswana athletics competitor (* 1983)

C

Christine Botlogetswe

Motswana sprinter

Slumber Tsogwane

Vice President of Botswana

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

Nearby places in Central

• Moreomaoto
  55.3 mi away
• Motopi
  58.8 mi away
• Txlhonya
  70.7 mi away
• Tshokatshaa
  98.1 mi away
• Malatswai
  112.4 mi away
• Maposa
  135.2 mi away
• Mmadikolobe
  136.7 mi away
• Marukuru
  139.9 mi away
• Mathangwane
  189.4 mi away
• Damochujenaa
  205.7 mi away
• Mogapinyana
  224.8 mi away
• Maunatlala
  233.7 mi away · pop. 3,862

Browse all places in Central →

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

Orange Lesser-Thicktail Scorpion

Uroplectes planimanus

Seen 2026-06-03

cowpen daisy

Verbesina encelioides

Seen 2026-05-04

White-backed Vulture

Gyps africanus

Seen 2025-11-28

Western Barn Owl

Tyto alba

Seen 2025-11-28

White-throated monitor

Varanus albigularis albigularis

Seen 2025-11-28

Watermelon Bug

Coridius nubilus

Seen 2025-11-28

Meerkat

Suricata suricatta

Seen 2025-09-15

buffalo-thorn

Ziziphus mucronata

Seen 2025-07-03

russet bushwillow

Combretum hereroense

Seen 2025-05-13

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