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    The Gaborone City Council is the governing body of the city of Gaborone, Botswana. In terms of generated revenue, it is the wealthiest council in Botswana...
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    District. Locals often refer to the city as GC or Motse-Mshate. The city of Gaborone is named after Chief Gaborone of the Tlokwa tribe, who once controlled...
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    Derek Jones (mayor) (category People from Gaborone)
    and politician in Botswana. A member of the Gaborone City Council, he served as the first Mayor of Gaborone from 1966 to 1968. Jones was born in 1927 in...
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    1984 general elections, the BNF gained control of the Gaborone City Council and other urban councils; it also won five of 34 parliamentary seats. In 1994...
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  • history of Gaborone began with archaeological evidence in the area around Gaborone dating back to 400 BCE, and the first written accounts of Gaborone are from...
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  • Party. Rakhudu started politics in 1999 after being elected to the Gaborone City Council. Before his political career, he worked at Kgosi Kgari Sechele II...
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  • The Raid on Gaborone (referred to as "Operation Plecksy" by the then South African Defence Force) took place on 14 June 1985 when South African Defence...
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  • water to every city plot in Gaborone, taking responsibility for installation and for billing and collection charges. The Gaborone City Council (GCC) was providing...
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    was rare according to a 2004 publication. On March 30th 2016, the Gaborone City Council unanimously approved a motion calling for the repeal of Botswana's...
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    Francistown (category Cities in Botswana)
    Botswana, about 400 kilometres (250 mi) north-northeast from the capital, Gaborone. Francistown is located at the confluence of the Tati and Ntshe rivers...
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    Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. The SADC's goal is to further regional socio-economic cooperation...
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  • self-employed Chinese traders being forced to leave the country; the Gaborone City Council indicated that it would be willing to license the Chinese under...
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  • Botswana, 70 kilometres south of the capital Gaborone, situated in a valley running north towards Gaborone and close to the border with South Africa. Lobatse...
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  • construction began in 1958 Charleroi Louvain-la-Neuve Scherpenheuvel Belmopan Gaborone Água Boa, Mato Grosso Águas de São Pedro, São Paulo Alta Floresta, Mato...
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    (1786) Constantinople, Roman Empire (330) Frankfort, Kentucky, US (1792) Gaborone, Botswana (1964) Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India (1960) Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil...
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  • University of Botswana (category Universities in Gaborone)
    Botswana. The university currently has three campuses: one in the capital city Gaborone, one in Francistown, and another in Maun. The University of Botswana...
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  • August - Decriminalisation of homosexuality: Belize March – the Gaborone City Council unanimously approves a motion calling for the repeal of Botswana's...
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    Lagos de Moreno, Mexico Buena Park Seongbuk (Seoul), South Korea Burbank Gaborone, Botswana Incheon, South Korea Ōta, Japan Solna, Sweden Calabasas Anqing...
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    Award by the Corporate Council on Africa - Houston, USA (May 1999) Honorary Fellowship of the Botswana Institute of Bankers – Gaborone, Botswana (July 1999)...
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  • March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015. Njeru, Purity (2009). "History of Gaborone". Nairobi, Kenya: The African Executive. Archived from the original on...
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  • Botswana, Gaborone and falling under the jurisdiction of South East District Council. It can be considered part of the conurbation of Gaborone. Tlokweng...
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    Dodoma (redirect from Dodoma City)
    officially Dodoma City (Jiji Kuu la Dodoma, in Swahili), is the capital of Tanzania and the administrative capital of both Dodoma Municipal Council and the entire...
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    constructed to be a planned-administrative capital of South Korea. The city of Gaborone was planned and constructed in the 1960s. Company towns During the construction...
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    districts, 2 city districts, 4 towns, 11 sub-districts and, in total, 16 administrative divisions. They are: Central Chobe Francistown Gaborone Ghanzi Jwaneng...
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    Botswana's Administrative Centres and their Movements: Vryburg, Mahikeng and Gaborone, 1885-1966". Botswana Notes and Records. 48: 23–35. ISSN 0525-5090. JSTOR 90025323...
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    history of the Jews in Botswana is relatively modern and centred in the city of Gaborone. Most Jews in Botswana are Israelis and South Africans. Only about...
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    2003. The Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) is the local government authority responsible for administering the city of Abuja. It operates under the...
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    Pretoria (category Populated places in the City of Tshwane)
    Maputo to Gaborone. The N4 is a toll road. Before the Platinum Highway was built, the N4 continued passed the Proefplaas Interchange to the city centre,...
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    Addis Ababa (category City-states)
    binding in Addis Ababa. Members of the City Council are directly elected by the residents of the city and the council, in turn, elects the Mayor among its...
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  • agency using the inheritance from her father to move to the capital city, Gaborone, to buy a house for herself and an office for her new business. She...
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