Ghanzi

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Ghanzi
Ghanzi (Botswana)
Ghanzi
Ghanzi
Coordinates 21 ° 42 ′  S , 21 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 21 ° 42 ′  S , 21 ° 39 ′  E
Basic data
Country Botswana

District

Ghanzi District
ISO 3166-2 BW-GH
height 1145 m
Residents 14,809 (2011)
founding around 1870Template: Infobox location / maintenance / date
Main street in Ghanzi
Main street in Ghanzi

Ghanzi (sometimes Ghantsi ) is a city in the Ghanzi District in Botswana . It is the administrative seat and the largest town in the district.

Ghanzi from the Air (2018)

geography

In 2011 Ghanzi had 14,809 inhabitants. Around a third of the population of the 117,910 square kilometer district lived in the city.

Ghanzi is located in the Kalahari and is also called "the capital of the Kalahari". The environment is flat sandveld . It is around 70 kilometers to the Namibian border.

Basarwa and Bakgalagadi, who belong to the San , as well as Baherero live in the city .

Climate table

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Ghanzi
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 32.8 31.7 30.8 29.3 26.4 23.6 23.9 27.0 30.9 33.4 33.2 32.9 O 29.6
Min. Temperature (° C) 18.6 17.9 16.3 13.3 7.7 4.3 4.0 6.7 11.1 15.5 17.3 18.1 O 12.5
Precipitation ( mm ) 97 82 52 46 10 2 1 1 3 25th 50 70 Σ 439
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 8.6 9.1 9.3 9.0 10.0 10.1 9.7 10.6 10.5 9.0 9.5 8.5 O 9.5
Rainy days ( d ) 9 7th 6th 4th 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 7th Σ 42
Humidity ( % ) 52 58 58 51 48 48 45 33 30th 36 46 49 O 46.1
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32.8
18.6
31.7
17.9
30.8
16.3
29.3
13.3
26.4
7.7
23.6
4.3
23.9
4.0
27.0
6.7
30.9
11.1
33.4
15.5
33.2
17.3
32.9
18.1
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52
46
10
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70
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Source: wetterkontor.de

history

For a long time there were only San residents in the area. In 1874, Hendrik van Zyl, the first Boer who belonged to the Dorsland trekkers , settled there . Especially at the end of the 1890s, more Boers reached the place they called Kamp .

Economy and Infrastructure

The population lives mainly from cattle breeding.

The Ghanzi Airport ( IATA code GNZ, ICAO code FBGZ ) lies directly on the eastern edge of the city and is operated in the charter and private traffic. Road connections exist with the A2 west to Namibia and south-east to Lobatse and with the A3 east to Maun and Francistown . Both highways are part of the Trans-Kalahari Highway .

The local hospital is called Ghanzi Primary Hospital.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 Census Report, PDF page 170. ( Memento from June 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF; 4.35 MB)
  2. ↑ a b Ghanzi at botswana-travel.org (English), accessed on June 5, 2015
  3. ↑ Entry at medpages.co.za (English), accessed on June 5, 2015