Thamaga
Thamaga
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  Thamaga | |
| Coordinates: 24°43′S 25°32′E / 24.717°S 25.533°E | |
| Country | Botswana |
| District | Kweneng District |
| Elevation | 1,053 m (3,455 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 19,547 |
| Time zone | GMT +2 |
| Climate | BSh |
Thamaga is a large village located in the Kweneng District of Botswana and about 40 km west of the capital city Gaborone. It is home to 19,547 inhabitants at the 2011 census.[2] It is becoming year by year like a suburb part of the Gaborone agglomeration.
The village is dominated by large rock formations, the largest being Thamaga Hill. Thamaga is third in the district to
The Bakgatla-ba-ga-Mmanaana settled there in the mid-1930s and they are a break-away group and the same people as Bakgatla-ba-ga-Mmanaana in Moshupa, just 17 km to the southwest.[3]
Most of the old village wards where the tribes men settled from Moshupa maintained the same names as the wards in Thamaga. People of any particular wards between the two villages are related and commonly use similar surnames. Even the chiefs of the two villages are of the same blood and use common names of Mosielele and Gobuamang.
The area was formerly inhabited by various groups or "Bakgalagadi" (earlier arrivals of
Government and Infrastructure
- Service Centre- for provision of government services.
- There are three government clinics and one primary hospital.
Education
There are seven government primary schools:
- Gobuamang Memorial School
- Monare Memorial School
- Rungwana Primary School
- Western Primary School
- Magalatladi Primary School
- Nkoane Primary School
- Kontle Primary School
Three junior secondary schools:
- Thamaga Junior Secondary School
- Letlole Mosielele Junior Secondary School
- Sekgele Junior Secondary School
There is one private primary school
- Highridge, and one private secondary school
- Highridge Secondary School.
There are numerous private creches and day care centres.
Gallery
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Rock formations in Thamaga
See also
References
- ^ "2011 census". Archived from the original on 2013-01-11.
- ^ "population of thamaga village botswana - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ "The Bakgatla ba ga Mmanaana split 1934-1936: the impact of British sub-imperial rule in Botswana". catalog.ihsn.org. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
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