Kgalagadi District of Botswana
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Kgalagadi is a district in southwest Botswana, lying along that country's border with Namibia and South Africa. The administrative center is Tshabong. Kgalagadi covers a vast area of the Kalahari Desert. It has a total area of 105,200 km², and has a population of only 42,000 (2001). More than one-third of the district is covered by the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, which extends into South Africa.
Kgalagadi's location causes it to border the following regions and provinces:
- Omaheke Region, Namibia - northwest
- Hardap Region, Namibia - southwest
- Northern Cape Province, South Africa - south
- North West Province, South Africa - southeast
Domestically, it borders the following districts:
- Ghanzi - north
- Kweneng - northeast
- Southern - east
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