Francistown

**Francistown** ke toropo kgolo ya bobedi mo lefatsheng la Botswana. E na le banni ba le 100,079 go tsweng palo-batho ya ngwaga wa 2011. Francistown o dikaganyeditswe ke dinoka tsa Tati le Shashe. E dikilometara di le masome a roba bongwe gotsweng ko molelwaneng wa lefatshe la Zimbabwe.

## Ditso
Batho ba tlile mo lefelong le dingwaga tse diketekete tse masome tse difitlileng. Batho ba morafe wa Matebele ba fetlile ka  lefelo le ka dingwaga tsa 1830s ba ya , ba tlisa ngwao ya bone mo lefelong la Bakalaka mo bokone botlhaba mono Botswana. Nyangabgwe e ne e le motse o gaufi le toropo ya Francistown go e telwa ke batho basweu go tswa moseja jaaka Robert Moffat o ne a latelwa ke Karl Mauch ka ngwaga wa 1867 yo ne a bona gauta go bapa le lefelo la .

Toropo ya Francistown e nnile teng ka ngwaga wa 1897 e le motsana go bapa le Monarch mine. Toropo e e biditswe ka leina la ga Daniel Francis. English prospectory o nnile le teseletso go nna mo lefelong le ka 1869. Francis e ne e le moemedi wa Tati Concessions Company,ebile lefelo le eleng Francistown e ne e le la gagwe. Legare la toropo e, le nnile teng fa komponi ya ga Francis e sena go rekisa lots tse makgolo a mararo ka Phatwe ngwaga oo. Moepo wa Monarch e ne e se one mmaene fela o berekang nako tseo mo Francistown,  se sa dira gore ba dumele gore toropo e e tla gola ka pela.    

Ko tshimologong toropo e, e ne e nale seterata sele sengwe mo botlhaba tsatsi go bapa le seporo. Seterata se se ne se nale dikomponi di le mmalwa jaaka hotel, dibanka tse tharo le marekisetso. Ka fa morago ga dikomponi tse e ne e le matlo a batho basweu. Mafelo a Segregated e ne e le a batho basweu le batho bantsho. Le mo bogompienong lefelo la Tainton Avenue le sentse le nna batho basweu.
none|thumb|Francistown
thumb|Francistown ko ditereneng
thumb|Lebala la Francistown
thumb|Main square kwa Francistown
Fa Botswana a sena go tsaya boipuso ka ngwaga wa 1966 toropo ya Francistown ebe e sa tlhole e kgaogane. Ka 1997 Francistown e ne ya nna toropo kgolo ya bobedi mo Botswana. 
thumb|Seteishene sa Dibase tsa Francistown

## Dikolo tse di ko Francistown
Reference:
* Clifton School
* Francistown Senior Secondary
* Gaborone Institute Of Professional Studies
* Our Lady Of The Desert Primary School
* Institute of Health Sciences (IHS)
* Aerodrome Primary School
* Mahube Primary School
* Nyangabgwe Primary School
* Moremogolo Primary School
* Maradu Primary School
* Satelite Primary School
* John Mackenzie School
* Mater Spei College
* Phase IV Primary School
* Mokaleng Primary School
* Phatsimo Primary School
* Jacaranda English Medium Primary School
* Montsamaisa CJSS
* Goldmine CJSS
* Setlalekgosi CJSS
* Selepa CJSS
* Mmei CJSS
* Selolwe Hill CJSS
* Mophato Private school

## Ditoropo tse di tsalanang
thumb|Ko mapalamelong a sechaba
Francistown o tshwantshangwa le toropo le kgaolo nngwe:

*  Genk, Belgium

*  Tai'an, China

## Mebolo e mo Toropong ya Francistown

*Tati River Mall &mdash; ko morago ga Nzano Center
*Tati Shopping Center &mdash; e akaretsa mabentlele a go tshwana le Blue Jacket street
*Blue Jacket Square
*Barclays Plaza
*Nzano Center &mdash; e akaretsa mabentlele a go tshwana le Barcelos, Debonairs Pizza, ga mmogo le tsa kapari jaaka Mr. Price,le Cash Bazaar;
*The Village Mall &mdash; o na le madirelo a boroko le boitapoloso e bong Diggers Inn, a maemo a ntlha;
*Galo Shopping Center &mdash; o nale mabentlele a itsegeng e bong jack Milky Lane, Nando's; dibanka jaaka FNB Botswana; le bo Pick n Pay go thusa banni ba toropo;
*Golden Valley Mall &mdash; o nale lebentele la Marang Superspar;
*Nswazi Shopping Mall &mdash; o na le mabentlele ka go farologana e bong SPAR; ga mmogo le a rekisang dijo jaaka Chicken Licken, le KFC.

## Ditswantsho

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## Tshupa Ngwao

* Supa Ngwao Museum - Botswana Tourism Portal

## Metswedi