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Key facts
- Country
- Botswana
- Capital
- Maun
- Total
- 129,930 km (50,170 sq mi)
- Density
- 1.5129/km (3.9185/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( Central Africa Time )
- Hdi 2019
- 0.697 , medium · 9th
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Botswana
- Country
- Botswana
- Located in
- Botswana
- Capital
- Maun
- Population
- 152284
- Area
- 129930
- Elevation
- 945
- Shares border with
- Omaheke Region
- Image
- Maun Botswana2.jpg
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- Category:North-West District (Botswana)
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- North-West District (Botswana)
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- Herero
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Encyclopedic overview
The North-West District or Ngamiland is one of the first-level administrative subdivisions of Botswana. For census and administrative purposes Ngamiland is subdivided into Ngamiland East, Ngamiland West and Ngamiland Delta (Okavango). It is governed by a District Commissioner, appointed by the national government, and the elected North-West District Council. The administrative centre is Maun.
As of 2011, the total population of the district was 175,631 compared to 142,970 in 2001. The growth rate of population during the decade was 2.08. The total number of workers constituted 32,471 with 16,852 males and 15,621 females, with a majority of them involved in agriculture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “North-West District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.