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12 unusual facts about Gaborone


2014 Africa Cup

Division 1C will be held between 14 and 21 June 2014, in Gaborone, Botswana.

Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi

Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi (born 14 September 1927) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Gaborone, Botswana, from 1981 until 2009.

Diamond Trading Company

Sorters in London, Kimberley, Windhoek and Gaborone sort these diamonds into approximately 12,000 different categories based on size, shape, quality and colour.

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

The FLETC has oversight and program management responsibilities for the International Law Enforcement Academies (ILEA) in Gaborone, Botswana, and Bangkok, Thailand.

Gaborone City Council

The Gaborone City Council is the governing body of the city of Gaborone, Botswana, and it is the wealthiest council in Botswana.

Internet in Botswana

Gaborone, Tlkokweng, Mogoditsane, Phakalane, Francistown, Lobatse, Palapye, Maun, Kasane, Selibe-Phikwe, Letlhakane, Jwaneng, and Orapa.

Jules Ellenberger

Ellenberger held a variety of posts in the Bechuanaland Protectorate, as the equivalent of a district commissioner at Gaberone, Ngamiland, and Mafeking.

Mariette Bosch

--31 March 2001--> The execution took place at the Central Maximum Prison in Gaborone.

Quentin Chong

Quentin Chong, nicknamed “the Dragon”, was born in 1972, in Gaborone, Botswana.

Reinhard Bonnke

He rented a stadium in Gaborone, and preached with little cooperation from local churches.

Robert de Beaugrande

He served as professor of English in the University of Florida from 1978 to 1991, of English Linguistics at the University of Vienna from 1991 to 1997, Professor of English Language at the University of Botswana in Gaborone, Professor of English and English Linguistics at the University of Florida at Gainesville, and later as visiting professor in several universities in Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.

Valentine Tsamma Seane

Valentine Tsamma Seane (born 2 November 1966) is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaborone at the Christ the King Cathedral in Gaborone, Botswana.


Alvarion

In February 2009, Alvarion announced that it was hired by Orange Botswana for WiMAX deployment, initially to cover Botswana’s two largest cities Gaborone and Francistown.

Bangwaketse

Mpule Kwelagobe - is a Motswana Political Economist, Philanthropist, model and beauty queen from Gaborone, Botswana who was crowned Miss Universe in May 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago.

Botho College

In 2009, LINKZ brought together more than 300 bright young people from over six major tertiary institutions including University of Botswana, Gaborone Institute of Professional Studies, Ba Isago College, ABM University, and Limkowing University of Creative and Technology.

Botswana Accountancy College

BAC has two main campuses; the main campus being located in Gaborone, and the secondary one in Francistown.

Dinokwe

The town has about 1,200 inhabitants2000 censors and is situated along the main road between the capital Gaborone and the second largest city Francistown.

Ducere Foundation

There are six Ducere-sponsored schools across Botswana, in Gaborone, Kang and Kasane.

Gaborone Dam

The Gaborone Dam is located south of Gaborone along the Gaborone-Lobatse road, and provides water for both Gaborone and Lobatse.

International Law Enforcement Academy

Presently, there are five ILEAs located around the world: ILEA Budapest in Hungary, ILEA Bangkok in Thailand, ILEA Gaborone in Botswana, ILEA Roswell in New Mexico, USA, and ILEA San Salvador in El Salvador.

Letsibogo Dam

In August 2012 the dam was only one third full, prompting concerns that there could soon be water shortages in the areas of the areas of Palapye, Mahalapye and Gaborone.

Mmamabula

Mmamabula is a planned coal mine and coal-fired power station to the east of the main road and rail corridor in Botswana between Gaborone and Francistown and south of the Serorome River.

Mmaphashalala

It is located 170 km north-east of the capital city Gaborone and 75 km south of Mahalapye, close to the border with South Africa.

Notwane River

In the Gaborone dam catchment area there are many other dams, mostly very small, with only the Nnywane Dam near Lobatse being used for domestic water supply.

It flows roughly northeastwards past the most densely populated area of Botswana, passing east of Lobatse and close to Gaborone.

Poloka

The village is located 120 km north of the capital city Gaborone and 80 km south-east of Mahalapye.

Trans-African Highway network

Trans-African Highway (TAH 4), Cairo–Gaborone–(Pretoria/Cape Town) Highway, 10,228 km: the completion of the stretch of highway from Dongola to Wadi Halfa in Northern Sudan and the road from the Galabat border crossing in North-Western Ethiopia leaves only 2 stretches unpaved: between Isiolo and Moyale in northern Kenya (dubbed 'the road to hell' by overland travellers) and the gravel section through Dodoma in central Tanzania.

University of Botswana

The university has four campuses: two in the capital city Gaborone, one in Francistown, and another in Maun.