Kweneng District

Kweneng
District
Location within Botswana
Coordinates: 24°00′S 25°00′E / 24.000°S 25.000°ECoordinates: 24°00′S 25°00′E / 24.000°S 25.000°E
Country	Botswana
Capital	Molepolole
Area
• Total	35,890 km^2 (13,860 sq mi)
Population (2001 census)
• Total	230,335
• Density	6.4/km^2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone	Central Africa Time (UTC+2)

Kweneng is one of the districts of Botswana and is the recent historical homeland of the Bakwena people, the first group in Botswana converted to Christianity by famed missionary David Livingstone. Various landmarks, including Livingstone's Cave, allude to this history. The seat of the district's government is Molepolole, Botswana's most populous village (only trailing Botswana's two cities: Gaborone and Francistown).

Urban villages

	Population
	2001	2006	2011
Molepolole		65,570	67,598
Mogoditshane	14,246	46,493	57,637
Thamaga		21,141	19,547
Gabane	10,399	13,581	14,842
Kopong	5,571	7,999	9,520
Letlhakeng	6,032		7,229

District borders

Kweneng is the only district without a foreign border. It borders the following districts:

• Central District - northeast
• Kgatleng District - east
• South-East District - southeast
• Southern District - south
• Kgalagadi District - west
• Ghanzi District - north

Kweneng borders more districts than any other district.

It is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

Sub-districts

Kweneng District has the following sub-districts:

• Molepolole
• Lethlakeng

See also

• Sub-districts of Botswana