page_title: Tsabong
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Tsabong / References
caption_attribution_description: Domesticated camels grazing in Tshabong, Botswana. The town is the administrative centre of Kgalagadi District, in the Kalahari Desert, and the camels are used for transport, particularly by the police. 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: "2011 Botswana Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-09-11.
  "Prisons and Rehabilitation." (Archive) Government of Botswana. Retrieved on 26 March 2013.
caption: Camels are used for patrol by the police in this area
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