Official Name: | Lentsweletau |
Nickname: | Majweng |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Botswana |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Botswana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Botswana |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Kweneng District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 4,916 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | -24.2544°N 25.8517°W |
Lentsweletau is a village in Kweneng District of Botswana. It is located 60 km north of Gaborone. The population was 4,916 in 2011 census.[1] A large percentage of the population is from the Bakwena tribe, and its capital is called Molepolole, also in the Kweneng District. The name Lentsweletau translates as a Lentswe = Rock (or rocky hill), le = and, tau = lion.
Lentsweletau was put on the map in the 1970s by a very popular musician named Cobra Kenalemang, who inspired another Lentsweletauan, Kotaeshwele, who came to picture with his hit "Kotaeshwele o dira mathaithai" in the mid 1980s. It is up again with the popular Toyota Desert Race as a stopover for vehicles filling up petrol and anyone wanting to spend a night in the area and having fun.