Districts of Botswana

Botswana is divided into ten administrative districts, two cities, and five towns. These are administered by 17 local authorities (district councils, city councils or town councils).^[1][2]

Administrative District	Capital	Population 2022	Area (km2)	Density (/km2)
Southern District	Kanye	221,928	28,470	7.7952
South-East District	Ramotswa	111,440	1,780	62.61
Kweneng District	Molepolole	387,983	31,100	12.475
Kgatleng District	Mochudi	121,882	7,960	15.312
Central District	Serowe	652,085	147,730	4.41403
North-East District	Masunga	69,352	5,120	13.545
Chobe District	Kasane	28,743	20,800	1.382
North-West District	Maun	198,436	109,130	1.81835
Ghanzi District	Ghanzi	56,555	117,910	0.479645
Kgalagadi District	Tsabong	58,857	105,200	0.55948

Districts of Botswana
Districts of Botswana. The seven urban districts are not shown.
Category	Unitary State
Location	Republic of Botswana
Number	17 Districts
Populations	2,914 (Sowa) – 652,085 (Central District)
Areas	17 km2 (6.6 sq mi) (Orapa) – 147,730 km2 (57,040 sq mi) (Central District)
Government	District government
Subdivisions	Sub-district

As well as the main districts, Botswana also has seven urban districts which comprise the area of cities and towns.

Urban District		Population 2022
Gaborone city		246,325
Francistown city		103,417
Lobatse town		29,772
Selebi-Phikwe town		42,488
Orapa town		8,648
Jwaneng town		18,784
Sowa town		2,914

See also

• Sub-districts of Botswana
• List of districts of Botswana by Human Development Index
• ISO 3166-2:BW
• Botswana cities and districts
• Statistics Botswana Website^[3]