page_title: Tsabong
hierarchical_section_title: Tsabong
caption_attribution_description: The town of Tshabong, the administrative centre of Kgalagadi District, in the Kalahari Desert, Botswana. Although this is mid-winter – the dry season – there is still a fair amount of foliage outside the town, beyond the immediate grazing range of goats and camels. The mast is probably a microwave transmitter, linked to Botswana Telecom's landline network (no mobile phones in Botswana in 1995!). Taken in mid-1995 on film.
context_page_description: Tshabong or Tsabong is the administrative centre of the Kgalagadi District in Botswana. It is located in the Kalahari Desert. The population was 8939 at the 2011 census.
  The primary hospital in Tsabong serves a huge outlying area and includes several tuberculosis refuges where patients and their families can stay while undergoing lengthy outpatient treatment.
  Near the town is the Tsabong kimberlite field, one of the largest diamondiferous kimberlite fields in the world.
  Tsabong is the site of Botswana’s coldest recorded temperature, registering a temperature of -15.0°C.
  The town is served by Tshabong Airport.
  The Botswana Prison Service operates the Tsabong Prison.
context_section_description: Tshabong or Tsabong is the administrative centre of the Kgalagadi District in Botswana. It is located in the Kalahari Desert. The population was 8939 at the 2011 census.
  The primary hospital in Tsabong serves a huge outlying area and includes several tuberculosis refuges where patients and their families can stay while undergoing lengthy outpatient treatment.
  Near the town is the Tsabong kimberlite field, one of the largest diamondiferous kimberlite fields in the world.
  Tsabong is the site of Botswana’s coldest recorded temperature, registering a temperature of -15.0°C (5.0°F).
  The town is served by Tshabong Airport.
  The Botswana Prison Service (BPS) operates the Tsabong Prison.
caption: The town of Tsabong
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