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Pandamatenga is a village in the
Chobe District Chobe District is an administrative district in the northern part of Botswana, with the headquarters in Kasane. In 2001 it was merged with Ngamiland, and until 2006 it shared with Ngamiland the North-West District Council as local government. Cho ...
,
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 close to the country's border with
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and ...
, whose border post is known as
Mpandamatenga Mpandamatenga is a border post and settlement in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe, adjacent to the Pandamatenga area in Botswana. It is located within Matetsi Safari Area. It can be reached by road from Hwange town and Hwange National Park Hwan ...
. Both commercial and communal farming takes place in the lands around Pandamatenga. Approximately 40 000 hectares are planted to crops such as sweet sorghum, cowpeas and sunflower. The introduction of Australian farming techniques has increased productivity in the area. The population of Pandamatenga was 1,545 in the 2001 census. Pandamatenga is served by the
Pandamatenga Airport Pandamatenga Airport is an airstrip serving Pandamatenga, a town in the North-West District, Botswana, North-West District of Botswana. Pandamatenga is on Botswana's border with Zimbabwe. See also * *Transport in Botswana *List of airports in B ...
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North-West District (Botswana) Villages in Botswana Botswana–Zimbabwe border crossings {{botswana-geo-stub