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Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

 is divided into 16 administrative district

District

Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipalities, or subdivisions of municipalities.-Austria:...

s: 10 rural districts and 6 urban districts. (http://www.laws.gov.bw/)
These are administered by 16 local authorities (district councils, city councils or town councils). (http://www.mlg.gov.bw/)
Until 2006, Chobe and Ngamiland Districts shared the same local authority, the North-West District Council.

1. Central District
   Central District (Botswana)
   Central is the largest of Botswana's districts in terms of area and population. It encompasses the traditional homeland of the Bamangwato people. Some of the most politically connected Batswana have come from the Central District, including former President Sir Seretse Khama, former President...
   
   
2. Ghanzi District
   Ghanzi District
   Ghanzi is a district in western Botswana, bordering Namibia in the west and extending east into much of the interior of the country. The district's administrative centre is the town of Ghanzi. Most of the eastern half of Ghanzi makes up the Central Kalahari Game Reserve...
   
   
3. Kgalagadi District
4. Kgatleng District
   Kgatleng District
   Kgatleng is one of the districts of Botswana, coterminous with the homeland of the Bakgatla people. Its capital is Mochudi, the hometown of protagonist Precious Ramotswe in Alexander McCall Smith's popular The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series...
   
   
5. Kweneng District
   Kweneng District
   Kweneng is one of the districts of Botswana and is the recent historical homeland of the Bakwena people, the first group in Botswana converted to Christianity by famed missionary David Livingstone. Various landmarks, including Livingstone's Cave, allude to this history...
   
   
6. North-East District
   North-East District (Botswana)
   The North-East District is one of the administrative districts of Botswana. Its capital is Masunga. In 2001, North-East had a population of 132,422 people...
   
   
7. Ngamiland District
8. South-East District
   South-East District (Botswana)
   South-East is one of the districts of Botswana.The capital city of Botswana, Gaborone, is surrounded by this district. The administrative capital for the South-East district is the village of Ramotswa....
   
   
9. Southern District
   Southern District (Botswana)
   Southern is one of the districts of Botswana. The capital of Southern district is Kanye, home to the Bangwaketse. It is one of the largest growing villages in Botswana. There are also other large villages in the southern district like Mushopa home to the Bakgatla-ba-ga Mmanaana, and Goodhope, home...
   
   
10. Chobe District
    Chobe District
    Chobe District is a district of Botswana, with the headquarters in Kasane. Until 2006, it shared with Ngamiland the North-West District Council as local government. Chobe National park is in the Chobe District...
    
    
11. Gaborone
    Gaborone
    ' is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 191,776 based on a 2006 survey, about 10% of the total population of Botswana....
    
     City
12. Francistown
    Francistown
    Francistown or Nyangabgwe is the second largest city in Botswana, with a population of about 85,363, and often described as the "Capital of the North". It is located in eastern Botswana, about north-northeast from the capital, Gaborone...
    
     City of,
13. Lobatse Town
14. Selebi-Phikwe Town
15. Jwaneng
    Jwaneng
    Jwaneng is a town located in the Southern District of Botswana, but it is not part of this, being a separate district, with its own Town Council. -History:...
    
     Town
16. Sowa
    Sowa, Botswana
    Sowa is a town which lies in the Central District of Botswana, but constitutes a separate administrative district. The Sowa Township was established in 1991 by an act of Parliament, Statutory Instrument No.26 of 1991 and governed by Sowa Township Regulations, 1991 under the Township Act...
    
     Township

See also

• Sub-districts of Botswana
  Sub-districts of Botswana
  The districts of Botswana are subdivided into sub-districts. The sub-districts are listed below, by district:-Central District:* Bobirwa, hqrs. at Bobonong* Boteti, hqrs. at Lethlakane* Mahalapye* Serowe/Palapye* Tutume* Tonota, split from Tutume...
  
  
• ISO 3166-2:BW
  ISO 3166-2:BW
  ISO 3166-2:BW is the entry for Botswana in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Botswana, ISO 3166-2 codes are...