1. Gaborone – 245,000
Capital and largest city; political and economic hub.
2. Francistown – 101,000
Major mining and commercial center in the northeast.
3. Molepolole – 73,000
Large village and traditional center of the Bakwena people.
4. Maun – 70,000
Gateway to the Okavango Delta.
5. Serowe – 60,000
Historic capital of the Bamangwato people.
6. Selebi-Phikwe – 48,000
Former mining town in the east.
7. Kanye – 47,000
Administrative center in the Southern District.
8. Mochudi – 44,000
Large village in Kgatleng District.
9. Mogoditshane – 44,000
Rapidly growing suburb of Gaborone.
10. Mahalapye – 43,000
Market town on the main road between Gaborone and Francistown.
11. Palapye – 41,000
Commercial and educational hub in the Central District.
12. Lobatse – 30,000
Town near the South African border; known for meat processing.
13. Thamaga – 28,000
Large village in Kweneng District.
14. Ramotswa – 28,000
Town near Gaborone in the South East District.
15. Tlokweng – 25,000
Suburb of Gaborone in the South East District.
16. Letlhakane – 25,000
Mining town near Orapa.
17. Tonota – 24,000
Village south of Francistown.
18. Bobonong – 22,000
Village in the Central District.
19. Tsabong – 20,000
Administrative center of the Kgalagadi District.
20. Shakawe – 20,000
Village on the Okavango River.
21. Moshupa – 18,000
Village in the Southern District.
22. Nata – 16,000
Village at the junction to the Makgadikgadi Pans.
23. Orapa – 15,000
Diamond mining town.
24. Gumare – 14,000
Village in the North-West District.
25. Masunga – 13,000
Village in the North-East District.
26. Tutume – 13,000
Village in the North-East District.
27. Ghanzi – 12,000
Administrative center of the Ghanzi District.
28. Werda – 8,000
Village in the Southern District.
29. Charles Hill – 7,000
Village in the Ghanzi District.
30. Hukuntsi – 6,000
Village in the Kgalagadi District.
31. Kang – 6,000
Village on the Trans-Kalahari Highway.
32. Tshabong – 5,000
Small settlement in the Kgalagadi District.
The above is subject to change.
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