Tsabong

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'''Tshabong''', also spelled '''Tsabong''', is the administrative centre of the [[Kgalagadi District]] in [[Botswana]]. It is located in the [[Kalahari Desert]]. The population was 8939 in the 2011 [[census]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/media/2011%20Census%20_Alphabetical%20Index%20_Population%20of%20Villages.pdf | title=2011 Botswana Population and Housing Census | accessdate = 2013-09-11}}</ref>

The primary hospital in Tshabong serves a huge outlying area and includes several [[tuberculosis]] refuges where patients and their families can stay while undergoing lengthy outpatient treatment.

Near the town is the Tshabong [[kimberlite]] field, one of the largest [[diamondiferous]] kimberlite fields in the world.

Tshabong is the site of Botswana's coldest recorded temperature, registering a temperature of {{convert|-15.0|°C}}.<ref name="Climate">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203143334/http://www.weather.info.bw/resources/entry_fs.html |archive-date=3 December 2008 |url=http://www.weather.info.bw/resources/entry_fs.html |title=Botswana's Climate |publisher=Meteorological Services Botswana |access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>{{when|date=April 2022}} The record high temperature registered in Tsabong was {{convert|42.6|°C}}.<ref name="Climate" />{{when|date=April 2022}}

The town is served by [[Tshabong Airport]].

The [[Botswana Prison Service]] (BPS) operates the Tsabong Prison.<ref name=Prisons>"[http://www.gov.bw/Global/Prisons%20and%20rehabilitation%5B1%5D.pdf Prisons and Rehabilitation]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131122211101/http://www.gov.bw/Global/Prisons%20and%20rehabilitation%5b1%5d.pdf Archive]) [[Government of Botswana]]. Retrieved on 26 March 2013.</ref>

In September 2023, Botswana's first [[carbon credit]] program, led by the startup Gazelle Ecosolutions, began in and around Tsabong.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mguni |first=Mbongeni |date=2023-09-18 |title=Pioneering carbon credits project emerges in Tsabong |url=https://www.mmegi.bw/business/pioneering-carbon-credits-project-emerges-in-tsabong/news |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Mmegi Online |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-01 |title=These UT Sophomores Started a Company That Incentivizes Sustainability |url=https://alcalde.texasexes.org/2023/01/gazelle-ecosolutions-ut-botswana-sustainability/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=The Alcalde |language=en-US}}</ref>

The [[solar eclipse of November 25, 2030]] will be visible in Tsabong.<ref>{{Cite web |title=November 25, 2030 Total Solar Eclipse in Tsabong, Botswana |url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/botswana/tsabong?iso=20301125 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=www.timeanddate.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Schools== * Tsabong Primary school * Nhake Primary school * Seetelo Memorial Primary school * [[Tsabong Unified Secondary School]]

==Notable residents== *[[Neo Moroka]], Government minister 2004–2009

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[[Image:Camels in Tshabong, Botswana.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Camels are used for patrol by the police in this area]]

[[Category:District capitals in Botswana]] [[Category:Kgalagadi District]]