{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{For|the restaurant|Mosu (restaurant)}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Mosu | other_name = | native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | nickname = | settlement_type = Village | motto = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | city_logo = | citylogo_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Botswana | pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Botswana | subdivision_type1 = District | subdivision_name1 = Central District | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title = | established_date = | established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> | established_date2 = | established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> | established_date3 = | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2011 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=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 |title=2011 census |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130111114808/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 |archivedate=2013-01-11 }}</ref> | population_note = | population_total = 1792 | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = | timezone = GMT +2 | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|21|13|S|26|9|E|region:BW|display=inline}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 953 | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = | name = }} <!-- Infobox ends --> '''Mosu''' is a village in Central District of Botswana. The village is located to the south of Sua Pan – the eastern half of Makgadikgadi Pan – and it has a primary school and a junior secondary school namely Mosu Primary School and Makgadikgadi Junior Secondary School respectively. The population was 1,792 in 2011 census.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=August 2011|title=2011 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS|url=https://www.statsbots.org.bw/sites/default/files/2011%20Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%20%28Results%29.pdf|access-date=February 1, 2021|website=Statistics Botswana}}</ref> Mosu is also the gateway to Makgadikgadi plains.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/html/census/dist52_53.html | title=Distribution of population by sex by villages and their associated localities: 2001 population and housing census | accessdate = 2008-01-06 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071124145541/http://www.cso.gov.bw/html/census/dist52_53.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-11-24}}</ref> Village is located on the foot of a hilly landform, exposing the village's terrain to massive soil erosion.
[http://www.forestconservation.co.bw Forest Conservation Botswana], through the village development committee has spearheaded efforts to reduce the soil erosion phenomenon affecting the village.
Mosu village is situated at around 56 km from Letlhakane village at -21.218181°S, 26.019335E° latitude/longitude decimal degrees.
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2. {{coord|21|13|4|S|26|1|9|E|display=title}}Kitso Koongale (Freelance researcher) (updated 03 Jan 2019) {{Authority control}}
Category:Populated places in the Central District (Botswana) Category:Villages in Botswana
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