Gaborone

Botswana

Gaborone is the capital and largest city of Botswana. It was formerly spelled as Gaberones during the colonial era, a name occasionally used in older English texts and maps. With a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its metropolitan area is home to 534,842 inhabitants at the 2022 census.

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Country: Botswana
Population: 208,411
Latitude: 24.65° S
Longitude: 25.91° E

Which way is Gaborone from…

From Paris, Gaborone lies at 158° to the south, 8,502 km as the crow flies.

Paris	158° south	8,502 km
London	156° south-east	8,842 km
New York	103° east	12,565 km
Madrid	152° south-east	7,857 km
Rome	167° south	7,528 km
Montreal	102° east	12,646 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	256° west	3,051 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Start from Helsinki or Bucharest and head due south: you reach Gaborone (179° from Helsinki, 180° from Bucharest). From London, aim south-east, at 156°, for 8,842 km. From New York, a flat map would say 125°, south-east; the compass reads 103°, east. To avoid mixing it up with Pretoria, remember that Botswana’s capital lies 261 km to its north-west.