Tutume
Sign in to saveright|225px|Location of Tutume in Botswana Tutume is a large Bakalanga village located in the Tutume District of Botswana, about 50 km from the Zimbabwe border gate at Maitengwe. The nearest city is Francistown, about 100 km away. The village is a district headquarters and has a population of 23,000.
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Place details
- Locality
- Tutume
- Region
- Central District
- Country
- Botswana
- Population
- 18,582
- Timezone
- Africa/Gaborone
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- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Botswana
- Located in
- Central District
- Elevation
- +1105
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
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- P12749
- 1963
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right|225px|Location of Tutume in Botswana Tutume is a large Bakalanga village located in the Tutume District of Botswana, about 50 km from the Zimbabwe border gate at Maitengwe. The nearest city is Francistown, about 100 km away. The village is a district headquarters and has a population of 23,000.
It is made up of wards: Sitabule (Madikwe), Tjilagwani (Selolwane), Thini, and Madandume (Magapatona). In each ward, there is a headman and his advisers in the kgotla. The main kgotla is located in Madikwe ward near Tutume Central Primary School.