Lobatse
Town
Lobatse is located in Botswana
Lobatse
Lobatse
Coordinates: 25°13′S 25°40′E / 25.217°S 25.667°E / -25.217; 25.667
CountryBotswana
DistrictSouth-East District
Elevation
1,188 m (3,898 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total29,772
Time zoneGMT +2
ClimateBSh

Lobatse is a town in south-eastern Botswana, 70 kilometres south of the capital Gaborone, situated in a valley running north towards Gaborone and close to the border with South Africa. Lobatse has a population of 29,772 as of 2022.[1] The town is an administrative district, with a town council.[2]

Government and infrastructure

Lobatse Senior Secondary School is located in Lobatse. The Botswana Prison Service (BPS) operates the Lobatse Prison.[3] The High Court of Botswana has a branch in Lobatse. There is a psychiatric hospital known as Sbrana Psychiatric Hospital. The town is also home to the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) which is one of the largest meat processing plants in Africa.[4] Lobatse Stadium with a capacity of 20 000 seats is home to local sports teams.

Twin Town – Sister City

Lobatse is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Statistics Bostwana - Census 2022 - Population of cities, towns and villages" (PDF).
  2. ^ Laws of Botswana Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, Ministry of Local Government Archived 2009-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Prisons and Rehabilitation." (Archive) Government of Botswana. Retrieved on 26 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Lobatse | Botswana | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
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