Shoshong is a town in the Central District of Botswana, just north of the Tropic of Capricorn, that once served as the chief settlement of the eastern Bamangwato and grew into a major trade-route meeting point visited by early explorers including David Livingstone. Under King Sekgoma I its population reportedly reached 20,000 to 30,000 by 1885, but severe water shortages in 1888 and 1889 led King Khama III to relocate most residents to Palapye and later Serowe, leaving the town with about 800 people by 1911; it recorded a population of 8,887 at the 2022 census.
Facts
Elevation (m) Latitude23.033333 degrees south 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. GeoNames: Shoshong
GeoNames geonameid 933064 (Shoshong), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Shoshong (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -23.033333, longitude 26.516667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 970 m
View the Source3. GeoNames: Shoshong - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 933064
-23.0389 26.51 P PPL BW 01 8887 1076 Africa/Gaborone
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1076 m
View the Source 4. 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 -23.25, 26.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -23.25, 26.75
-23.25 26.75 BSh
Wikidata: Shoshong
Shoshong (Wikipedia)
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