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Lentsweletau is a village in Kweneng District of Botswana. It is located 60 km north of Gaborone. The population was 4,916 in 2011 census. A large percentage of the population is from the Bakwena tribe, and its capital is called Molepolole, also in the Kweneng District. The name Lentsweletau translates as a Lentswe = Rock (or rocky hill), le = and, tau = lion.

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Place details

Locality
Lentsweletau
Region
Kweneng District
Country
Botswana
Population
6,653
Timezone
Africa/Gaborone

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Lentsweletau
Settlement.nickname
Majweng
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.pushpin_map
Botswana
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Botswana
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
25px Botswana
Settlement.subdivision_type1
District
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Kweneng District
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_total
4,916
Settlement.population_blank1_title
Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2_title
Religions

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
village
Country
Botswana
Elevation
1019
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Sources (2)

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Lentsweletau is a village in Kweneng District of Botswana. It is located 60 km north of Gaborone. The population was 4,916 in 2011 census. A large percentage of the population is from the Bakwena tribe, and its capital is called Molepolole, also in the Kweneng District. The name Lentsweletau translates as a Lentswe = Rock (or rocky hill), le = and, tau = lion.

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lentsweletau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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