Gaborone
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| Gaborone | |
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| — Ceety — | |
| Frae tap tae bottom: skyline view o Gaborone, statue o Seretse Khama, the ceety centre o Gaborone, bird's-ee view o Gaborone | |
| Eik-name(s): Gabs, GC, Gabz, G-City | |
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| Coordinates: 24°39′29″S 25°54′44″E / 24.65806°S 25.91222°ECoordinates: 24°39′29″S 25°54′44″E / 24.65806°S 25.91222°E | |
| Kintra | |
| Destrict | Gaborone |
| Sub-destrict | Gaborone |
| Foondit | 1964[1] |
| Named for | Kgosi Gaborone |
| Govrenment | |
| - Mayor | Haskins Nkaigwa (BMD)[2] |
| - Deputy Mayor | Florence Shagwa (BCP)[2] |
| Aurie[3] | |
| - Ceety | 169 km2 (65.3 sq mi) |
| Hicht[4] | 983 m (3,225 ft) |
| Indwallers (2011)[5] | |
| - Ceety | 231,626 |
| - Densitie | 1,370.6/km2 (3,549.8/sq mi) |
| - Metro | 421,907 |
| Time zone | Central Africae Time (UTC+2) |
| - Simmer (DST) | nae observed (UTC+2) |
| Geografical aurie code[6][7] | 3XX |
| ISO 3166 code | BW-SE |
| Twin ceeties | |
| - Burbank | |
| - Zhejiang Province | |
| - Västerås | |
| Wabsteid | Gaborone City Council Website |
Gaborone (Tswana IPA: [χabʊˈrʊnɪ][missing tone]; Inglish /ˌɡæbəˈroʊniː/ GA-bə-ROH-nee) is the caipital ceety o Botswana. It haes 208,411 indwallers. Gaborone is ane o the fastest-growin ceeties in Africae. Gaborone is locatit on the Notwane River in the sooth eastren corner o Botswana. It is 15 km (9 mi) frae the Sooth Africaen border.
References[edit]
- ↑ Parsons, Neil (19 August 1999). Botswana History Page 7: Geography. Botswana History Pages. University of Botswana History Department. Retrieved on 4 August 2009. .
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Keoreng, Ephraim (5 October 2011). New Gaborone Mayor seeks power to hire and fire. 28. Gaborone, Botswana: Mmegi Online. http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1&aid=494&dir=2011/October/Wednesday5. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ↑ BOTSWANA STATISTICAL YEAR BOOK 2010 (PDF). Statistics Botswana. Central Statistics Office (2011-12). Archived from the original on 25 Februar 2012. . Retrieved on 25 Februar 2012. .
- ↑ Gaborone, Botswana Page. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc..
- ↑ The Population of Towns, Villages and Associated Localities (PDF). 2011 Population and Housing Census. Statistics Botswana (June 2012). Archived from the original on 14 Juin 2012. . Retrieved on 14 Juin 2012. .
- ↑ timeanddate.com
- ↑ Botswana Telecommunications Authority (11 September 2009). Botswana (country code +267) (DOC), International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved on 27 December 2009.
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