Lentsweletau
| Lentsweletau | |
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| Village | |
  Lentsweletau Location in Botswana | |
| Coordinates: 24°15′16″S 25°51′6″E / 24.25444°S 25.85167°E | |
| Country |
 Botswana |
| District | Kweneng District |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 4,025 |
Lentsweletau is a village in Kweneng District of Botswana. It is located 60 km north of Gaborone. The population was 4,025 in 2001 census.[1] A large percentage of the population is from the Bakwena tribe, and its capital is called Molepolole, also in the Kweneng District. The name Lentsweletau translates as a Lentswe = Rock (or rocky hill), le = and, tau = lion.
Lentsweletau was put on the map in the 1970s by a very popular musician named Cobra Kenalemang, who inspired another Lentsweletauan, Kotaeshwele, who came to picture with his hit "Kotaeshwele o dira mathaithai" in the mid 1980s. It is up again with the popular Toyota Desert Race as a stopover for vehicles filling up petrol and anyone wanting to spend a night in the area and having fun.
References
- ↑ "Distribution of population by sex by villages and their associated localities: 2001 population and housing census". Archived from the original on 2007-11-24. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
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Coordinates: 24°15′16″S 25°51′6″E / 24.25444°S 25.85167°E