Botswana Sub-districts

Sub-districts of Botswana

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:

CKGR: Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Central Kgalagadi Game Reserve (variant)
Ngamiland North: Okavango (variant)
Ngwaketse: Southern (variant)
Selebi-Phikwe: Selibe-Phikwe (variant)
Sowa Town: Sowa (variant)

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