Chobe District
Chobe District | |
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HDI (2019) | 0.708[1] high · 7th |
Chobe District is an administrative district in the northern part of
Kasane and Chobe National Park, the second largest national park in the country, are the major tourist attractions in the district. Chobe National Park also has the largest population of elephants in Africa. The district shares the international border of the country with Namibia and Zambia in the north, Zimbabwe in the east, and also the district borders along North-West district of the country.
The District is made up of nine villages, which are Kasane, Kachikau, Kazungula, Kavimba, Lesoma, Mabele/Muchinje, Parakarungu, Pandamatenga and Satau.[2] Kasane is the urban center of the District.
Geography
Culture
There are a number of ethnic groups which are found in the District. The Basubiya are found mainly at Parakarungu, Satau, Kavimba and Mabele. They are most dominant in Satau and Parakarungu. The Batawana are found in Kachikau and they are dry land farmers and pastoralists, they now practice molapo farming. In Pandamatenga the dominant tribe is Basarwa and they have moved from being hunters and gathers to ploughing. In Kasane there are a number of ethnic groups who came to the area looking for employment.[2]
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1981 | 7,934 | — |
1991 | 14,126 | +78.0% |
2001 | 18,258 | +29.3% |
2011 | 23,347 | +27.9% |
2022 | 28,743 | +23.1% |
Sources:[6] |
As of 2011, the total population of the district was 23,347 compared to 18,258 in 2001. The growth rate of population during the decade was 2.49. The population in the district was 1.15 per cent of the total population in the country. The sex ratio stood at 106.17 for every 100 males, compared to 106.00 in 2001. The average house hold size was 2.45 in 2011 compared to 3.60 in 2001. There were 943 craft and related workers, 573 clerks, 2,053 people working in elementary occupation 186 legislators, administrators and managers, 1,083 plant and machine operators and assemblers, 128 professionals, 1,377 service workers, shop and market sales workers, 243 skilled agricultural and related workers, and 296 technicians and associated professionals, making the total work force 6,888.[6]
Education and economy
As of 2011, there were a total of 11 schools in the district, with 1.70 per cent private schools. The total number of students in the Council schools was 3,217 while it was 64 in private schools. The total number of students enrolled in the district was 3,281: 1,587 girls and 1,694 boys. The total number of qualified teachers was 154, 98 female and 56 male. There were around 16 temporary teachers, 6 male and 22 female. There was 1 untrained teacher in the district.[7]
As of 2006, 1,260 were involved in Agriculture, 322 in Construction, 236 in Education, 76 in Electricity & Water, 095 in Finance, 070 in Foreign Mission, 236 in Health, 510 in Hotels & Restaurants, 314 in Manufacturing, 107 in Private Households, 1,743 in Public Administration, 194 in Real Estate, 185 in Transport & Communications, and 681 in Wholesale & Retail Trade. The total number of workers constituted 12,059 with 6,113 males and 5,947 females.[8]
Administration
Botswana gained independence from the
Village
References
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- ^ a b Central Statistics Office (2009). Chobe District Population & Development Profile. Government Printers. pp. 1–2.
- ^ "Tourist attractions in Botswana". Government of Botswana. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
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- ^ "Chobe District". Chobe District Council. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Census of Botswana, 2011". Central Statistics Office of Botswana. 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Education details of Botswana, 2011". Central Statistics Office of Botswana. 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
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- ^ Gaotlhobogwe, Monkagedi. "Botswana broken into 19 new sub-districts". MMegi Online. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
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