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Village in Southern District, Botswana

Moshupa Village Moshupa Coordinates: 24°46′45″S 25°25′06″E / 24.77917°S 25.41833°E / -24.77917; 25.41833 Country Botswana District Southern District Elevation 1,141 m (3,743 ft) Population (2011)[1] • Total 19,780 Time zone GMT +2 Climate BSh

**Moshupa** is a large village in the [Southern District](/source/Southern_District%2C_Botswana) of [Botswana](/source/Botswana) with a population of 20,016 per the 2011 census.[2] The people of Moshupa are called the [Bakgatla-ba-ga Mmanaana](/source/Tswana_people), a group also found in [Thamaga](/source/Thamaga). Along with the related Bakgatla-ba-ga Kgafela of [Mochudi](/source/Mochudi), they arrived to the region from the [Transvaal](/source/South_African_Republic) region in South Africa throughout the eighteenth century.[3]

Moshupa is characterised by unique and gigantic mountain outcrops which often leave visitors in wonder. The giant rocks (some up to 40 metres in radius) are so balanced on top of each other that even the villagers themselves wonder why they do not fall. They are believed to fall only when the village chief is dying, as an omen.[4]

The chief (kgosi) of Moshupa is Kgosi Kgabosetso Mosielele. The chief currently serves in the [Customary Court of Appeal](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Customary_Court_of_Appeal_(Botswana)&action=edit&redlink=1) and his brother, Kgosi Oscar Mosielele is the current chief of the village on his behalf. As is customary in Botswana the salutation 'kgosi' is the title used before the chiefs name.

## Religion

There are a large number of Christians in Moshupa. The most popular are the [United Congregational Church of South Africa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_Congregational_Church_of_South_Africa&action=edit&redlink=1), the [Seventh-day Adventist Church](/source/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church), the [Assemblies of God](/source/Assemblies_of_God), the Apostolic Faith Mission, the [Roman Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church), the [Zion Christian Church](/source/Zion_Christian_Church), and the [Indian Pentecostal Church of God](/source/Indian_Pentecostal_Church_of_God) alongside other Afro-Christian and charismatic [Pentecostal](/source/Pentecostalism) assemblies. One of the oldest churches is the Mothowagae Church, established in 1903.[5]

## Politics

The member of parliament for Moshupa is the Honorable [Karabo Gare](/source/Karabo_Gare).

## References

- [*Comptes Rendus* (1954)](https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGkPAAAAIAAJ&q=moshupa)

- University of London Institute of Commonwealth Studies (1968) *Collected Seminar Papers*, no.8-13 1967-1971

## Line notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["2011 census"](http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-42&srt=pnan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&srt=1pnan).{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Molemoeng, Timothy (2020). ["2011 Botswana Population Housing and Census"](https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/63039123/2011-population-and-housing-census). *Statistics Botswana*. [Archived](https://www.statsbots.org.bw/sites/default/files/publications/Ngwaketse%20District.pdf) (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Matemba, Yonah Hisbon (2000). ["The BaKgatla ba ga Mmanaana split, 1934–36: The impact of the Biritish sub-Imperial rule in Botswana"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40980265.pdf) (PDF). *[the Botswana society]*. 32 (2000): 44–46. [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [40980265](https://www.jstor.org/stable/40980265).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Moshupa"](https://www.botswana-info.com/country/town/985/moshupa). *Botswana Info Directory*. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** University of London Institute, 1968

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