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Gaborone
24.65° S, 25.91° E
- Population
- 208,411
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 5
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 5 cities of Botswana in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Botswana, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Africa/Gaborone
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Practical bearings for Gaborone, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Gaborone have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name comes from Gaborone, a chief of the Tlokwa tribe whose name means "it is not unbecoming".
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person