Geography Atlas

Where Everything Happened
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
City

Bobonong

Southern Africa

Bobonong is a town in the Central District of Botswana, about 80 kilometers from the town of Selibe Phikwe, with a population of around 19,000. It is home to the Babirwa people, who are known for harvesting the mopane worm, and the surrounding area has deposits of pink semi-precious stone; locals also call the town Bobcity, or formerly Lekgarapeng, a name derived from its stony landscape.

Facts
Population
21,216 1
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Climate Zone
Dry 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 4
Sources
1. Bobonong (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
Quote, P1082 (population)
population 21,216 (2022)
View the Source
2. Bobonong (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    728
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -21.75, 28.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -21.75, 28.25
-21.75 28.25 BSh
View the Source
4. GeoNames: Bobonong - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 933885, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 933885, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
-21.96554 28.43625 P PPL BW 01 21216 687 Africa/Gaborone
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.