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Kanye, Botswana

Kanye
Village
Main road in Kanye
Main road in Kanye
Kanye is located in Botswana
Kanye
Kanye
Coordinates: 24°59′S 25°21′E / 24.983°S 25.350°E / -24.983; 25.350
Country Botswana
DistrictSouthern District
Sub-districtKanye
Elevation
1,306 m (4,288 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total48,028
Time zoneUTC+2 (Central Africa Time)
Geographical area code[2]54X
ClimateBSh

Kanye is a village in southern Botswana, located 83 kilometres (52 mi) south-west of the capital, Gaborone.[3] It is the administrative centre of the Southern District, and had a population of 48,028 as of the 2022 Population and Housing Census.[4][5] This is an increase compared to the 45,196 of the 2011 census, making it the ninth-largest village in the country.[6] Kanye is the traditional capital of the Ngwaketse tribe, who first settled in the area in the 1790s. The village is the longest continuously-occupied tribal capital in the country.[7]

  1. ^ "2011 Census". Archived from the original on 11 January 2013.
  2. ^ Botswana Telecommunications Authority (11 September 2009), "Botswana (country code +267)", National Numbering Plans, International Telecommunication Union, archived from the original (DOC) on 27 December 2009, retrieved 27 December 2009
  3. ^ Kanye, Botswana Beckons. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Population and Housing Census 2022 : Population of Cities, Towns and Villages Version 2". Statistics Botswana. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  5. ^ Population and Housing Census 2022 : Population of Cities, Towns and Villages Version 2. Statistics Botswana. 2022. ISBN 978-99968-959-3-7.
  6. ^ 2011 Population & Housing Census Preliminary Results Brief Archived 9 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Census Office of Botswana. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  7. ^ Kanye, Botswana Tourism. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

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