Toteng

{{For|the smaller village near Francistown|Toteng, North-East}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Refimprove|date=December 2017}} {{Location map | Botswana | width = 200 | label = Toteng | lat_deg = -20.358 | lon_deg = 22.956 }} '''Toteng''' is a village in the north west of Botswana, Ngamiland. The town is the location of the oldest "directly dated evidence of cattle in southern Africa".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oldest dated evidence of cattle in southern Africa found |date=2 August 2005 |publisher=EurekAlert! |url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-08/uocp-ode080205.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607094522/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-08/uocp-ode080205.php |archive-date=7 June 2011 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Robbins |first=Lawrence H. |display-authors=etal |year=2005 |title=The Advent of Herding in Southern Africa: Early AMS dates on domestic livestock from the Kalahari Desert, Botswana |journal=Current Anthropology |volume=46 |issue=4 |pages=671–677 |doi=10.1086/432748 }}</ref> Nearby towns are Sehithwa and Bobideng to the west, Tsau and Gumare to the north and Maun to the northeast.

The village has both a hospital and a school.

In 2012 the Boseto mine, an open-pit copper mine, was opened in Toteng.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boseto Copper Project, Ngamiland, Kalahari Copper Belt |date=2011 |publisher=Mining Technology |url=http://www.mining-technology.com/projects/boseto-copper/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508192700/http://www.mining-technology.com/projects/boseto-copper/ |archive-date=8 May 2011 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> It closed down in 2015,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mmolai |first=Esther |date=26 July 2015 |title=BOSETO mine set to resume operations |newspaper=Daily News |location=Botswana |url=https://dailynews.gov.bw/news-detail/21718 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171224220605/http://www.dailynews.gov.bw/news-details.php?nid=21718 |archive-date=24 December 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> but is expected to reopen as an underground mine, sometimes known as the Zeta Mine.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Liedtke |first=Simone |date=26 May 2017 |title=‘Attractive’ copper project advances on back of $50m loan |magazine=Mining Weekly |url=http://www.miningweekly.com/article/attractive-copper-project-advances-on-back-of-50m-loan-2017-05-26/rep_id:3650 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224222929/http://www.miningweekly.com/article/attractive-copper-project-advances-on-back-of-50m-loan-2017-05-26/rep_id:3650 |archive-date=24 December 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}</ref>

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Category:Populated places in Botswana