Tsabong, also spelled Tshabong, is the administrative centre of the
Kgalagadi District
Kgalagadi is a district in southwest Botswana, lying along the country's border with Namibia and South Africa. The administrative center is Tsabong. The district of Kgalagadi covers a large part of the Kalahari Desert. It has a total area of 105,20 ...
in
Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...
. It is located in the
Kalahari Desert
The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa extending for , covering much of Botswana, and parts of Namibia and South Africa.
It is not to be confused with the Angolan, Namibian, and South African Namib coastal d ...
. The population was 8939 at the 2011
census
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.
The primary hospital in Tsabong serves a huge outlying area and includes several
tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, i ...
refuges where patients and their families can stay while undergoing lengthy outpatient treatment.
Near the town is the Tsabong
kimberlite
Kimberlite is an igneous rock and a rare variant of peridotite. It is most commonly known to be the main host matrix for diamonds. It is named after the town of Kimberley in South Africa, where the discovery of an diamond called the Star of S ...
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 . The record high temperature registered in Tsabong was .
The town is served by
Tshabong Airport
Tshabong Airport , also known as Tsabong Airport, is an airport serving Tsabong, a town in the Kgalagadi District of Botswana.
See also
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*Transport in Botswana
*List of airports in Botswana
This is a list of airports in Botswana, sorted by l ...
Government of Botswana
The Government of Botswana often abbreviated as GOB, is the union government created by the constitution of Botswana having the executive, parliament, and the judiciary. The Seat of the Government is located in Gaborone, Botswana. The governmen ...
* Sefalana Supermarket
*PEP stores
* Absa bank
* Furnmart Furniture store
* CashBazar
* JB
* Saba
* Kgalagadi Pharmacy
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Choppies
Choppies Enterprises Limited is a Botswana multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. The retailer initially sold only food-based (both fresh groceries and wholesale long-life foods) and other f ...