Khawa is a village in Kgalagadi District of

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. It is located in the southern part of the district and has a primary school. It has a Christian church and a primitive clinic. The annual Khawa desert challenge is held here. The people speak Setswana as well as

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, English is understood. The vegetation in and around the village is highly overgrazed and it may seem like a desert inside the village although it is located in a grassland area. All the roads in and around the village are dirtroads. The population was 817 in 2011 census.

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Kgalagadi District Villages in Botswana {{botswana-geo-stub