Chobe District

Chobe District
Basic data
Country	Botswana
Capital	Kasane
Residents	23,347 (2011 census)
ISO 3166-2	BW-CH

Coordinates: 18 ° 21 ′  S , 24 ° 42 ′  E

The Chobe District is a district of Botswana . With 23,347 inhabitants, it is the country's poorest district in terms of population.

Until 2006, the district formed the east of the North West District . It was previously independent but was merged with the Ngamiland District .

The district borders clockwise, starting in the north, with the Caprivi Strip in Namibia , Zimbabwe , the Central District , the Kgalagadi District and the North West District. A large part of the district is protected as Chobe National Park . The district is named after the Chobe River. The administrative seat of Kasane is located on the Chobe and has around 9,000 inhabitants. Kazungula , Botswana's only town on the Zambezi , is the second largest town in the district.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ District Councils at gov.bw (English), accessed on December 14, 2014
2. ↑ 2011 census (English, PDF), accessed on December 14, 2014
3. ^ Message at iso.org ( Memento of December 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English, PDF), accessed on December 14, 2014