Official Name: | Tshabong |
Pushpin Map: | Botswana |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Botswana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Botswana |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Kgalagadi District |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 8939 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | 0200 UTC |
Coordinates: | -26.02°N 22.4056°W |
Elevation M: | 962 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | BWh |
Tsabong, also spelled Tshabong, is the administrative centre of the Kgalagadi District in Botswana. It is located in the Kalahari Desert. The population was 8939 in the 2011 census.[1]
The primary hospital in Tsabong serves a huge outlying area and includes several tuberculosis refuges where patients and their families can stay while undergoing lengthy outpatient treatment.
Near the town is the Tsabong kimberlite field, one of the largest diamondiferous kimberlite fields in the world.
Tsabong is the site of Botswana's coldest recorded temperature, registering a temperature of .[2] The record high temperature registered in Tsabong was .
The town is served by Tshabong Airport.
The Botswana Prison Service (BPS) operates the Tsabong Prison.[3]
In September 2023, Botswana's first carbon credit program, led by the startup Gazelle Ecosolutions, began in and around Tsabong.[4] [5]
The solar eclipse of November 25, 2030 will be visible in Tsabong.[6]