Gaborone

capital city of Botswana
Organization big_city Q3919
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Gaborone

Summary

Gaborone is a big city[1]. Gaborone draws 2,321 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #43 of 300).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gaborone is located in South-East District[3].
  • Gaborone is in the country of Botswana[4].
  • Gaborone's head of government is recorded as Q134129969[5].
  • Gaborone's instance of is recorded as big city[6].
  • Gaborone's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity[7].
  • Gaborone's instance of is recorded as city[8].
  • Gaborone's official language is recorded as English[9].
  • Kgosi Gaborone is named after Gaborone[10].
  • Gaborone's twinned administrative body is recorded as Burbank[11].
  • Gaborone's twinned administrative body is recorded as Zhejiang[12].
  • Gaborone's twinned administrative body is recorded as Västerås Municipality[13].
  • Gaborone's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sorong[14].
  • Gaborone's twinned administrative body is recorded as Windhoek[15].
  • Gaborone's Commons category is recorded as Gaborone[16].
  • Gaborone's located in time zone is recorded as Central Africa Time[17].
  • Gaborone's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[18].
  • Gaborone's local dialing code is recorded as 00267[19].
  • 1965 marks the founding of Gaborone[20].
  • Gaborone's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -24.656944444444, 'lon': 25.908611111111}[21].
  • Gaborone's official website is recorded as http://www.gov.bw/en/Ministries--Authorities/Local-Authorities/Gaborone-City-Council[22].
  • Gaborone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gaborone[23].
  • Gaborone's Commons gallery is recorded as Gaborone[24].
  • Gaborone has a population of {'amount': '+231626'}[25].
  • Gaborone has a population of {'amount': '+246325'}[26].
  • Gaborone has a population of {'amount': '+235884'}[27].

Body

Founding

1965 marks the founding of Gaborone[20].

Identity

Gaborone's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'tn', 'text': 'Gaborone'}[28].

Why It Matters

Gaborone draws 2,321 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #43 of 300).[2] Gaborone has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Gaborone is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . mmegi.bw. mmegi.bw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . vasteras.se. vasteras.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . windhoekcc.org.na. windhoekcc.org.na. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . statsbots.org.bw. statsbots.org.bw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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