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Fun fact 2 about Francistown

The main square in Francistown (3297095166)
city

Haskins Street was the first tarred road in Botswana.

Francistown
Botswana
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Francistown

Botswana

Country
Botswana
Population
103.4K
Coordinates
-21.17, 27.50
1054th most populous city in the world

Francistown is the second-largest city in Botswana, with a population of about 103,417 inhabitants and 147,122 inhabitants in its agglomeration at the 2022 census. It is located in eastern Botswana, about 400 kilometres (250 mi) north-northeast from the capital, Gaborone.

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Photo: James BonTempo from Baltimore, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0