Charles Hill is a village in

Ghanzi District Ghanzi (sometimes Gantsi) is a Districts of Botswana, 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 e ...

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. It is located close to the

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n border. Charles Hill is the second-largest village in the Ghanzi District, with a population of 3,791 according to the 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

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

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* Bakgalagadi * Basarwa * Batlharo (a biracial tribe of the coloreds and herero 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 provide a ...

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 * Tsootsha (also known as Kalkfontein) * Karakubis * Kanagas * New Xanagas * Charles Hill * Makunda *

Ncojane Ncojane or Nojane is a town in the Kalahari Desert of Ghanzi District, western Botswana. It is located 20 kilometres from the border with Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa ...

* Metsimantsho * Metsimantle

References

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