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Maun is the fifth-largest town in Botswana. As of 2011, it had a population of 55,784. [2] Maun is the "tourism capital" of Botswana and the administrative centre of Ngamiland district. Francistown and Maun are linked by the A3 highway. Maun is also the headquarters of numerous safari and air-charter operations who run trips into the Okavango ...
In 2022, mining accounted for about 16% of Botswana's real gross domestic product (GDP). [6] Most of Botswana’s mineral industry consists of diamonds. [7] Beyond diamonds, Botswana also boasts abundant mineral resources such as coal, copper, nickel, and soda ash, along with granite, further diversifying its mining sector.
Botswana boasts a GDP (purchasing power parity) per capita of about $18,825 per year as of 2015, which is one of the highest in Africa. [1] Its high gross national income (by some estimates the fourth-largest in Africa) gives the country a modest standard of living and the highest Human Development Index of continental Sub-Saharan Africa .
The two were employees of an Australian-based contractor to the mine, Barminco, a subsidiary of Perenti Global. Work suspended at Botswana's Khoemacau copper mine after accident kills two Skip to ...
This list of mines in Botswana is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.
Botswana is also participating in community-based natural resource management projects by trying to involve villagers in tourism. One example is the village of Khwai [65] and its Khwai Development Trust. [66] Botswana was the setting for the 1980 movie The Gods Must Be Crazy, although the movie was
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A throughput of 8000 cattle and 500 small stock are handled on a daily basis. The BMC also operates two branch abattoirs, one in Maun and the other in Francistown, with respective capacities of 100 cattle per day and 400 cattle and 150 small stock per day. [3] Along with its core business, the BMC owns transport companies in Botswana.