Gaborone
Gaborone Capital of Botswana, s Africa. First settled in the 1890s, it served as the administrative headquarters of the former Bechuanaland Protectorate. In 1966 it became the capital of an independent Botswana. Pop. (2000 est.) 213,017.
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