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Gaborone

#733 in World

Botswana

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Population
246K
Coordinates
-24.6282, 25.9231
Category
cities

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Gaborone is the capital and largest city of Botswana. It was formerly spelled as Gaberones during the colonial era, a name still occasionally used in older English texts and maps. With a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its metropolitan area is home to 534,842 inhabitants at the 2022 census.

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