Shoshong
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Place details
- Locality
- Shoshong
- Region
- Central District
- Country
- Botswana
- Population
- 8,887
- Timezone
- Africa/Gaborone
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Shoshong
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Central District
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Botswana
- Settlement.image_caption
- Location of Shoshong in Botswana
- Settlement.population_total
- 8,887
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Central District
- Settlement.timezone
- Central Africa Time
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- not observed
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Botswana
- Located in
- Central District
- Continent
- South America
- Elevation
- +970
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- Physical location
- History
- The move to Palapye
- Modern Shoshong
- References
Shoshong is a town in Botswana, formerly the chief settlement of the eastern Bamangwato.
==Physical location== Shoshong is located just north of the Tropic of Capricorn at , in the Central District of Botswana, about west of Mahalapye. The town is situated above sea level in the valley of the Shoshong, an intermittent tributary of the Limpopo. Nearby villages are Tobela, Ikongwe, Kalamare, Mmutlane, and Mosolotshane.