Gaborone

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Gaborone is the capital and largest city of Botswana, serving as its political and economic center.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city
city
averageElevation about 1000 metres
becameCapitalOf Botswana
callingCode +267
capitalSince 1966
climate semi-arid climate
climateClassification BSh
continent Africa
country Botswana
currency Botswana pula
formerCapitalReplaced Siege of Mafeking
surface form: "Mafeking"
foundingDate 1964
hasAirport Sir Seretse Khama International Airport
hasHighwayConnectionTo Pretoria, South Africa
surface form: "Pretoria"
hasLandmark Botswana National Museum
Gaborone Dam
National Assembly Building of Botswana
Three Dikgosi Monument
hasRailConnectionTo Francistown
Lobatse
hasSuburb Mogoditshane
Tlokweng
hostsInstitution Bank of Botswana
Botswana Stock Exchange
Court of Appeal of Botswana
Office of the President of Botswana
National Assembly of Botswana
surface form: "Parliament of Botswana"

University of Botswana
isCapitalOf Botswana
isEconomicCenterOf Botswana
isLargestCityOf Botswana
isPoliticalCenterOf Botswana
isSeatOf South-East District Council
locatedIn South-East District
locatedOnRiver Notwane River
namedAfter Chief Gaborone
nationalLanguage Setswana
nearBorderWith South Africa
officialLanguage English
populationEstimate over 200000
subregion Southern Africa
timeZone Central Africa Time
twinCity Birmingham
Matsapha
Windhoek
utcOffset +2
vehicleRegistrationCode B

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Botswana capital Gaborone
Notwane River flowsThrough Gaborone
subject surface form: "Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community"
Botswana largestCity Gaborone
Ntlo ya Dikgosi locatedIn Gaborone
Limpopo River passesNear Gaborone
President of Botswana seat Gaborone

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