Kang, Botswana

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Location of Kang in Botswana
Location of Kang in Botswana
Landscape with cattle
Food preparation

Kang (ǃXóõ: ′ǀná̰m)[1] is a village in Kgalagadi District of Botswana.

Geography

It is situated in the Kalahari Desert on the Trans-Kalahari Highway between Ghanzi in the north and Sekoma in the south. Kang provides access to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in the south-west and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in the north-east. The route via Ghanzi reaches the Namibian border, whilst that to Sekoma leads to Gaborone, the capital of Botswana.

Demographics

The population was 5,985 according to the 2011 census.[2] The village is growing rapidly.

Governance

Kang falls under the Kgalagadi North constituency, whose Member of Parliament is Hon. Talita Monnakgotla. The village is divided into seven wards: Gasekgalo, Gamonyemana (main ward), Gamotshoto, Gapanyana, Gamoriti, Kaatshwene, and Tshwaragano ward. The village is led by a female chief, Kgosi Basadi Seipone, daughter of late former chief Churchill Pego Seipone.

The village's key development areas include the Central Roads Depot, Central Transport Organisation (with a fuel point), Airstrip/Landing ground (along Kang-Tsetseng road). Department Road Transport Service offices are present. A mini Rural Administration Centre/ Service Centre is present. A Brigade Centre and police station are there. Health Clinic, Magistrate Court, Wildlife offices, Botswana Power Corporation Offices, Water Utilities Corporation offices, Facility Management offices.

Education

A Botswana Open University Regional Campus is present along with a Senior Secondary, Junior Secondary School and two primary schools.

Economy

References

  1. Traill, Anthony (1994). A !Xóõ dictionary. Quellen zur Khoisan-Forschung. Köln: R. Köppe. ISBN 978-3-927620-56-8.
  2. "2011 Botswana Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2013.

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