Tsabong

Tsabong
The town of Tsabong
Tsabong Location in Botswana
Coordinates: 26°1′12″S 22°24′20″E / 26.02000°S 22.40556°E / -26.02000; 22.40556
Country	Botswana
District	Kgalagadi District
Elevation	962 m (3,156 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	8,939
Time zone	0200 UTC

Tsabong or Tshabong is the administrative centre of the Kgalagadi District, Botswana. It is located in the Kalahari Desert. The population was 8939 in 2011 census.^[1]

The primary hospital in Tsabong serves a huge outlying area and includes several tuberculosis refuges where patients and their families can stay while undergoing lengthy outpatient treatment.

Near the town is the Tsabong kimberlite field, one of the largest diamondiferous kimberlite fields in the world.

The town is served by Tshabong Airport.

The Botswana Prison Service (BPS) operates the Tsabong Prison.^[2]

References

↑ "2011 Botswana Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-09-11.
↑ "Prisons and Rehabilitation." (Archive) Government of Botswana. Retrieved on 26 March 2013.

Camels are used for patrol by the police in this area

Kgalagadi District of the Republic of Botswana

Urban villages	Tsabong

Rural villages	Bogogobo Bokspits Bray Gakhibane Hukuntsi Hunhukwe Inalegolo Kang Khisa Khuis Khawa Kokotsha Kolonkwane Lehututu Lokgwabe Make Makopong Maleshe Maralaleng Maubelo Middlepits Monong Ncaang Ngwatle Omaweneno Phepheng Phuduhudu Rapples Pan Struizendam Tshane Ukwi Vaalhoek Werda Zutswa

Capitals of Districts of Botswana

Capital, District

Italics indicates national capital.

50 largest cities of Botswana by population

Italics indicate capitals of districts

Maitengwe
Bokaa
Masunga
Borolong
Oodi
Kumakwane
Lotlhakane
Tsienyane
Nata
Gweta

Retrieved from 2011 Census

Coordinates: 26°1′12″S 22°24′20″E / 26.02000°S 22.40556°E / -26.02000; 22.40556

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