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Vinony's link graph records 79 inbound references to Southern District, and connects out to South Africa, Botswana and capital city.
The entry is geolocated on the map in adm1st.
It sits within the topics Districts of Botswana and Southern District (Botswana).
Vinony links it to 41 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Botswana
- Capital
- Kanye
- Total
- 28,470 km (10,990 sq mi)
- Density
- 4.928/km (12.76/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( Central Africa Time )
- Iso 3166 code
- BW-SO
- Hdi 2017
- 0.700 , high · 5th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 215775
- Area
- 28470
- Image
- New Ministry building, Gabarone, Botswana - panoramio.jpg
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- native label
- Southern District
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Southern is one of the districts of Botswana. The capital of Southern district is Kanye, home to the Bangwaketse and Barolong in Botswana. The Southern district is home to Botswana's second largest beef farmers where there are large privately owned ranges, and several government run beef ranges which provide agricultural support to the local farmers. Maize and sorghum, Botswana's staple crop, are also raised in the area. Southern district is where the third diamond mine of Botswana was found (the Jwaneng diamond mine), which buoys Botswana's economic state of prosperity. It was the first district to house the capital city before being moved to Gaborone after independence.
In the south, Southern borders the North West Province of South Africa. Domestically, it borders South-East District in east, Kweneng District in north, Kgalagadi District and south west.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Southern District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.