Selebi Phikwe

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Selebi Phikwe

Total population

49,724

Elevation878 m

Coordinates-21.98°, 27.84°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Selebi-Phikwe is a mining town located in the Central District of Botswana. It had a population of 42,488 in 2022. The town is an administrative district, separate from the surrounding Central District.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

O

Ontse Ntesa

Motswana footballer

O

Onkabetse Makgantai

Motswana footballer

B

Boitumelo Masilo

Motswana athletics competitor

J

Jackie Mothatego

association football player

T

Tumisang Olekantse

badminton player

G

Gift Moyo

botswanan footballer

E

Ezekiel Morake

botswanan footballer

Bonang Otlhagile

Botswanan footballer

S

Seneo Mabengano

actress, model, and former Miss Botswana in 2015

C

Ceel Mogami de Haas

X

Xolo Black

Botswana comedian

T

Tshepo Chikopo

A visual artist

T

Tshepo Phokoje

Photographer

M

Miso Mphasha

Botswana poet and writer

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

Nearby places in Selibe Phikwe

• Santana do Bonsucesso
  4554.1 mi away
• Bananal
  4561.5 mi away · pop. 9,969
• Vila Bocaina de São Roque
  4586.4 mi away
• Areias
  4586.4 mi away · pop. 3,577
• Cachoeira Paulista
  4604.1 mi away · pop. 31,564
• Catuçaba
  4605.6 mi away
• Santa Lucrécia
  4606.6 mi away
• Embaú
  4607.1 mi away
• Bairro Alto
  4610.5 mi away
• Aparecida
  4614.5 mi away · pop. 32,569
• Roseira
  4618.3 mi away · pop. 10,832
• Moreira César
  4621.4 mi away · pop. 43,972

Browse all places in Selibe Phikwe →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Selebi Phikwe

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Purplepod clusterleaf

Terminalia prunioides

Seen 2026-02-13

apple-leaf

Philenoptera violacea

Seen 2025-10-02

Hairy Spindlepod

Cleome hirta

Seen 2025-04-02

lion's ear

Leonotis nepetifolia

Seen 2025-04-02

Red Basker

Urothemis assignata

Seen 2025-04-02

Scarlet Tip

Colotis annae annae

Seen 2025-04-02

White-fronted Plover

Anarhynchus marginatus

Seen 2025-04-02

African baobab

Adansonia digitata

Seen 2025-04-01

Zulu Giant

Stapelia gigantea

Seen 2025-04-01

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