Lentsweletau

Lentsweletau
Village
Lentsweletau Location in Botswana
Coordinates: 24°15′16″S 25°51′6″E / 24.25444°S 25.85167°E / -24.25444; 25.85167
Country	Botswana
District	Kweneng District
Population (2001)
• Total	4,025

Lentsweletau is a village in Kweneng District of Botswana. It is located 60 km north of Gaborone. The population was 4,025 in 2001 census.^[1] A large percentage of the population is from the Bakwena tribe, and its capital is called Molepolole, also in the Kweneng District. The name Lentsweletau translates as a Lentswe = Rock (or rocky hill), le = and, tau = lion.

Lentsweletau was put on the map in the 1970s by a very popular musician named Cobra Kenalemang, who inspired another Lentsweletauan, Kotaeshwele, who came to picture with his hit "Kotaeshwele o dira mathaithai" in the mid 1980s. It is up again with the popular Toyota Desert Race as a stopover for vehicles filling up petrol and anyone wanting to spend a night in the area and having fun.

References

↑ "Distribution of population by sex by villages and their associated localities: 2001 population and housing census". Archived from the original on 2007-11-24. Retrieved 2008-02-10.

Kweneng District of the Republic of Botswana

Urban villages	Gabane Kopong Letlhakeng Mogoditshane Molepolole Thamaga

Rural villages	Boatlaname Botlhapatlou Ditshegwane Ditshukudu Dutlwe Gakgatla Hatsalatladi Kaudwane Kgope Khudumelapye Kotolaname Kubung Kumakwane Kweneng Lentsweletau Lephephe Losilakgokong Maboane Mahetlwe Malwelwe Mantshwabisi Metsimotlhabe Mmankgodi Mmanoko Mmopane Mogonono Monwane Moshaweng Motokwe Ngware Salajwe Sesung Shadishadi Sojwe Sorilatholo Takatokwane Tsetseng Tswaane

50 largest cities of Botswana by population

Italics indicate capitals of districts

Maitengwe
Bokaa
Masunga
Borolong
Oodi
Kumakwane
Lotlhakane
Tsienyane
Nata
Gweta

Retrieved from 2011 Census

Coordinates: 24°15′16″S 25°51′6″E / 24.25444°S 25.85167°E / -24.25444; 25.85167

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