Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...
, 70 kilometres south of the capital
Gaborone
Gaborone ( , , ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Botswana, largest city of Botswana, with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its metropolitan area is home to 534, ...
, situated in a valley running north towards Gaborone and close to the border with
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
. Lobatse has a population of 29,772 as of 2022. The town is an administrative district, with a town council.
Government and infrastructure
Lobatse Senior Secondary School
Lobatse Senior Secondary School is a government institution
An institution is a humanly devised structure of rules and norms that shape and constrain social behavior. All definitions of institutions generally entail that there is a level o ...
Government of Botswana
The Government of Botswana often abbreviated as GOB, is the union government created by the constitution of Botswana having the executive, parliament, and the judiciary. The Seat of the Government is located in Gaborone, Botswana. The governme ...
. Retrieved on 26 March 2013. The
High Court of Botswana
The High Court of Botswana is a Superior court, superior court of law in Botswana. It is based in Gaborone with branches in Lobatse, Francistown, and Maun, Botswana, Maun. It operates above the Magistrates' Courts of Botswana, but below the Court ...
has a branch in Lobatse. There is a psychiatric hospital known as
Sbrana Psychiatric Hospital
Sbrana Psychiatric Hospital is a public psychiatric hospital in Lobatse, Botswana. It is situated to the north of the mall and was built on the site of the Botswana Prisons. Sbrana works as a referral hospital to cater for everyone around Bot ...
. The town is also home to the
Botswana Meat Commission
The Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) is a non-profit body which was established by the government of the newly independent Botswana in 1965. Its main functions are the buying, slaughtering, processing, and marketing of all beef and beef products wit ...
(BMC) which is one of the largest meat processing plants in Africa.
Lobatse Stadium
Lobatse Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Lobatse, Botswana. It is used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Extension Gunners
Extension Gunners FC is a football club based in Lobatse, Botswana. The team plays in the ...
with a capacity of 20,000 seats is home to local sports teams.
Walvis Bay
Walvis Bay (; ; ) is a city in Namibia and the name of the bay on which it lies. It is the List of cities in Namibia, second largest city in Namibia and the largest coastal city in the country. The city covers an area of of land.
The bay is a ...
, Namibia
See also
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Railway stations in Botswana
List of Railway stations in Botswana include:
Towns served by rail
Existing
* Ramatlhabama, South Africa - border with South Africa
* Lobatse
* Gaborone - national capital
* Palapye - junction for coal branch
* Serule - junction
* Franci ...
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Lobatse Airport
Lobatse Airport is an airstrip serving Lobatse, a town in the South-East District of Botswana. The runway is east of the town, and west of the border with South Africa. There is a ridge between the town and airstrip that parallels the runway ...