Botswana Sub-districts (original) (raw)

The list of divisions below accords with the 2011 census report for Botswana. The 2001 census report displays several tables of population data which don't always present the same set of subdivisions. The list used here is the finest-grained one. That is, all other lists used either these subdivisions, or units that were several of these subdivisions grouped together. It's not clear what the status of these subdivisions is, either. The census calls them administrative districts. Botswana has larger areas that are also called districts, so I have used the term sub-district to emphasize that most of these are subordinate to a district. Some of them appear to be town councils. Possibly the town councils should be placed on the primary level.

The census also breaks down the population further, by village or village and associated localities.

Sub-district Typ HASC CC Pop-2011 Pop-2001 Pop-1991 Area(km.²)
Barolong s BW.SN.BR 11 54,831 47,477 18,400
Bobonong s BW.CT.BB 52 71,936 66,964 53,558 14,242
Boteti s BW.CT.BT 53 57,376 48,057 35,459 33,806
Chobe s BW.CH.CH 72 23,347 18,258 14,126 20,800
CKGR s BW.GH.CK 81 260 689
Delta s BW.NC.DE 73 2,529 2,688
Francistown t BW.FR.FR 02 98,961 83,023 65,244 79
Gaborone t BW.GB.GB 01 231,592 186,007 133,468 169
Ghanzi s BW.GH.GZ 80 43,095 32,481 24,719 117,910
Jwaneng t BW.JW.JW 06 18,008 15,179 11,188 100
Kgalagadi North s BW.KG.KN 91 20,476 16,111 11,340 72,400
Kgalagadi South s BW.KG.KS 90 30,016 25,938 19,794 32,800
Kgatleng s BW.KL.KG 40 91,660 73,507 57,770 7,960
Kweneng East s BW.KW.KE 30 256,752 189,773 141,611 31,100
Kweneng West s BW.KW.KW 31 47,797 40,562 28,826
Lobatse t BW.LB.LB 03 29,007 29,689 26,052 42
Mahalapye s BW.CT.MA 51 118,875 109,811 95,433 16,507
Ngamiland North s BW.NC.NN 71 59,421 49,642 36,723 22,730
Ngamiland South s BW.NC.NS 70 90,334 72,382 57,811 86,400
Ngwaketse s BW.SN.NG 10 129,247 113,704 128,989 28,470
Ngwaketse West s BW.SN.NW 12 13,689 10,471
North East s BW.NR.NE 60 60,264 49,399 43,354 5,120
Orapa t BW.CT.OR 05 9,531 9,151 8,827 17
Selebi-Phikwe t BW.SP.SL 04 49,411 49,849 39,772 50
Serowe/Palapye s BW.CT.SR 50 180,500 153,035 128,471 31,381
South East s BW.SR.SE 20 85,014 60,623 43,584 1,780
Sowa Town t BW.ST.SW 07 3,598 2,879 2,228 159
Tutume s BW.CT.TT 54 147,377 123,514 100,049 46,140
28 divisions 2,024,904 1,680,863 1,326,796 581,730
Typ: Subdivisions are sub-districts (s) or town councils (t). HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes.Middle two letters represent the district.For key, see Districts of Botswana page. CC: Census codes assigned by CSO. Pop-2011: 2011-08-09 census. Pop-2001: 2001-08-17 census. Pop-1991: 1991-08-21 census.

The 2011 census divides Ngamiland into Ngamiland East and West, rather than North and South as in earlier years. I have conjectured that Ngamiland East is the same as Ngamiland South, containing Maun, and that Ngamiland West is the same as Ngamiland North, containing Gumare.

If data are missing for Barolong or Ngwaketse West, they have been included in Ngwaketse. If data are missing for Kweneng West, it has been included in Kweneng East. If data are missing for Delta, it has been included in Ngamiland South. If data are missing for CKGR, it has been included in Ghanzi.

Other names of subdivisions:

  1. CKGR: Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Central Kgalagadi Game Reserve (variant)
  2. Ngamiland North: Okavango (variant)
  3. Ngwaketse: Southern (variant)
  4. Selebi-Phikwe: Selibe-Phikwe (variant)
  5. Sowa Town: Sowa (variant)