Serowe
Sign in to saveSerowe is an urban village in Botswana's Central District. A trade and commercial centre, it is Botswana's third largest village. Serowe has played an important role in Botswana's history, as capital for the Bamangwato people in the early 20th century and as birthplace of several of Botswana's presidents. More recently it has undergone significant development as the town and as Botswana continues to grow.
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Key facts
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- Serowe
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- Street in Serowe
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- Botswana
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- Location of Serowe in Botswana
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- Serowe District
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Key dates
- Inception
- 1903
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- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Botswana
- Located in
- Central District
- Continent
- Africa
- Population
- +47447
- Elevation
- +1140
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Central District
- Official website
- serowe.cdc.gov.bw
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Serowe is an urban village in Botswana's Central District. A trade and commercial centre, it is Botswana's third largest village. Serowe has played an important role in Botswana's history, as capital for the Bamangwato people in the early 20th century and as birthplace of several of Botswana's presidents. More recently it has undergone significant development as the town and as Botswana continues to grow.
==History== Serowe has a memorial to Khama III, chief of the Bamangwato people in the late 19th-early 20th century, who in 1902 founded the town as a new capital of the Bamangwato. They called the area Serowa after the bulb plant they found in the area, which was indicative of water. However, the name Serowe stuck because British settlers misspelt it, and the people agreed to keep it. The word Serowe does not exist in Setswana. It is also the birthplace of Seretse Khama, Botswana's first president, and the traditional center of the Bamangwato tribe.