Charles Hill is a village in

Ghanzi District Ghanzi (sometimes Gantsi) is a district in western Botswana, bordering Namibia in the west and extending east into much of the interior of the country. The district's administrative centre is the town of Ghanzi. Most of the eastern half of Ghanzi m ...

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. It is located close to the

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n border. Charles Hill is the second-largest village in Ghanzi District, with a population of 3,591 in 2011 census. Charles Hill is the seat of the Charles Hill sub-District, established separately from Ghanzii District administratively in 2004. Although the limits of the sub-district have as yet to be clearly defined it generally is bordered to the north by the

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, the west by

, to the east by Botswana Highway A2 and to the south by

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 ...

. The inhabitants are made up of a variety of different groups living side by side and in harmony with each other, they are: *

Herero Herero may refer to: * Herero people, a people belonging to the Bantu group, with about 240,000 members alive today * Herero language, a language of the Bantu family (Niger-Congo group) * Herero and Namaqua Genocide * Herero chat, a species of b ...

Bakgalagadi Kgalagadi is a Bantu language spoken in Botswana, along the South African border. It is spoken by about people. In the language, it is known as ''Shekgalagari''. Classification Kgalagadi (also rendered ''Kgalagari, Kgalagarhi, Kgalagari, Khal ...

Basarwa The San peoples (also Saan), or Bushmen, are members of various Khoe, Tuu, or Kxʼa-speaking indigenous hunter-gatherer cultures that are the first cultures of Southern Africa, and whose territories span Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, ...

* Batlharo (a tribe whose mother-tongue is Setswana) *

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* Nama Some of the developments in the village include a primary school, a junior secondary school, a hospital, a post office, some Rural Administration Centre offices which belong to the local government (known as the council), pre-schools, hair salons and an Engen filling station which is conveniently located next to the main tarred road from

Ghanzi Ghanzi is a town in the middle of the Kalahari Desert the western part of the Republic of Botswana in southern Africa. The region is the country's pride in contributing a large portion towards the beef industry. In fact, Ghanzi farmers provides ...

to Mamuno. An estimated 200 cattle posts lie within the sub-District but outside village limits.

Villages

There are eight villages and two settlements lying within the sub-District: *

Chobokwane Chobokwane is a village in Ghanzi District of Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, wi ...

Tsootsha Tsootsha, also known as Kalkfontein, is a village in Ghanzi District of Botswana. It is located close to the border with Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the ...

(also known as Kalkfontein) * Karakubis * Kanagas *

New Xanagas New Xanagas is a village in Ghanzi District of Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, w ...

* Charles Hill *

Makunda Makunda is a village in Ghanzi District of Botswana. It is located close to the Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders wi ...

* Ncojane * Metsimantsho * Metsimantle

References

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