Ramotswa

Featured view

Ramotswa

Total population

27,760

Coordinates-24.87°, 25.87°

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

Overview

Ramotswa is a village in South-East District of Botswana, southwest of the capital of Gaborone. The population was 27,760 in 2011 census. It is the tribal capital of the BaLete, an ethnic majority springing from the Nguni tribe.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

D

Donald Thobega

Motswana footballer (1974–2009)

Linah Mohohlo

Botswana banker

M

Mosadi Seboko

chief of the Balete people in Botswana

A

Abeng Malete

Motswana cyclist

T

Thatayaone Kgamanyane

football player

L

Lebogang Ditsele

football player

K

Kamogelo Moswaane

Disco Artist

P

Peo Porogo

First National Bank Botswana, Director of Marketing and Communications

K

Keletso Merafe

musician

L

Losika Ratshukudu

Football player

H

Hendrick Thuthu Rakgantswana

Chief of Botswana air Commander

T

Thebe Maiketso

Botswana football player

K

Keabetswe Kanasi

Botswana artist(clay pots moulder)

L

Lawrence Ofentse Pheto

Botswanian Roman-Catholic bishop

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

Nearby places in South East

• Cabeço
  4183.4 mi away
• Saramém
  4185.4 mi away
• Carapitanga
  4188.7 mi away
• Brejão dos Negros
  4189.4 mi away
• Bolivar
  4193.8 mi away
• Serrão
  4195.2 mi away
• Ladeirinhas B
  4205.3 mi away
• Pirambu
  4205.4 mi away · pop. 7,913
• Ladeirinhas A
  4206.7 mi away
• Areinhas
  4206.7 mi away
• Canal de São Sebastião
  4206.8 mi away
• Catinguinhas
  4206.9 mi away

Browse all places in South East →

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

Black thorn

Senegalia mellifera

Seen 2026-08-16

Chinaberry

Melia azedarach

Seen 2026-08-16

tamboti

Spirostachys africana

Seen 2026-08-16

Southern Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus rufirostris

Seen 2026-08-16

mountain aloe

Aloe marlothii

Seen 2026-08-16

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna viduata

Seen 2026-08-16

Hadada Ibis

Bostrychia hagedash

Seen 2026-07-31

Pink Cedar

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius

Seen 2026-07-23

Nile Monitor

Varanus niloticus

Seen 2026-04-05

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