Ghanzi District

Ghanzi
Basic data
Country	Botswana
Capital	Ghanzi
surface	117,910 km²
Residents	43,355 (2011)
density	0.4 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BW-GH

Coordinates: 21 ° 42 ′  S , 21 ° 39 ′  E

Ghanzi (sometimes written Ghantsi ) is a district in Botswana . It is 117,910 km² and has 43,355 inhabitants (according to the 2011 census).

The district is located in the west of the country, borders with Namibia and also includes a large part of the interior. The eastern half consists largely of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve . The seat of the administration is in Ghanzi .

The Ghanzi- Chobe Fold Belt is an approximately 140 kilometers wide belt of metavolcanic rock in the west and north of Botswana, which belongs to the Kalahari Copper Belt .

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 Source: wetterkontor.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census, including residents of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (PDF), accessed December 14, 2014
2. ↑ Geological description at portergeo.com.au (English), accessed on June 5, 2015