Sowa, Botswana Explained

Official Name:Sowa
Mapsize:200px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Botswana
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Central District
Leader Title:Mayor
Population As Of:2022
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population:2914
Timezone:Central Africa Time
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:not observed
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Sowa is a town which lies in the Central District of Botswana, but constitutes a separate administrative district. The Sowa Township was established in 1991 by an act of Parliament, Statutory Instrument No.26 of 1991 and governed by Sowa Township Regulations, 1991 under the Township Act (Cap 40:02). The population was of 2,879 inhabitants, according to 2001 Census, and had grown to 3,598 according to the 2011 census.

Sowa means salt in the language of the San. The town is located near the Sua Pan (also known as Sowa Pan),[2] a salt pan where sodium carbonate (soda ash) is mined.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistics Bostwana - Census 2022 - Population of cities, towns and villages . 6 August 2022 . 9 October 2022 . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.statsbots.org.bw/sites/default/files/publications/Population%20of%20Cities%20Towns%20and%20Villages%20%202022.pdf . live .
  2. http://www.botswanatourism.co.bw/attractions/sowa_pan.html Sowa Pan
  3. Book: Southern Africa . 4th . Murphy, Alan . Lonely Planet . 2007 . 99 . 978-1-74059-745-6 . 156530975 . 4 December 2020 . 18 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230418081504/https://books.google.com/books?id=AijmBeQ9_r8C&q=sua+sowa+pan&pg=PA99 . live .