Tsabong : Your world at home ~the bridge to Paradise!!!

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Tsabong is a small urban village/town located in the far south western part of the country. It functions as the administrative town for the Kgalagadi District.
"Tsabong" is derived from the original word Tshabong which literally means "the place of refuge" or Botshabelo in Setswana. It is also known locally as "TSB" or "Take Super Before" by it's youthful generations.


LOCATION

Tsabong is located at Latitude -26.010 and longitude 22.400. TSB is few minutes drive from the South African border at Mc Curthy's Rust border post and is accessible by road from South Africa and Namibia. There is also an air strip, (The Tsabong Airport) with international code of TSY.


Tsabong lies directly within the Kgalagadi Desert. Tsabong's landscape is highlighted by peach glowing/sandy brown desert patterns, with few gravel deposits.


LANGUAGE
The official languages of Botswana are English and Setswana. Therefore the two languages are widely spoken in Tsabong. Due to it's uniqueness and various tribes, English is widely understood and ranks alongside Setswana as the language of commerce, also Afrikaans, Otjiherero, and Nama are part of the town's everyday lifestyle.

THE PEOPLE

The Ovaherero women and man in Tsabong.

Tsabong houses the four main ethnic groups being, the Nama which are believed to be the first inhabitants of Tsabong. They are currently settled on the western part of Tsabong at Matlhatlhaganyane ward and they speak their indigenous Nama language which is a dialect of the Khoi-san languages.


The Ovaherero which occupy the North Western Tsabong,and the current Herero Ward. 


The Batlharo on the Northern to the eastern Tsabong and they literally speak Setlharo (Setswana) and


The Afrikaners or Caucasians in the southern part who speak Afrikaans.


Tsabong is one example of a rare town that has experienced peace over a century in an African state though occupied by different people of different races¹. This also makes it one of the safest towns in Botswana as the crime rate is very low.


CLIMATE OF TSABONG
Tsabong is located on the mighty Kgalagadi or Kalahari Desert which stretches from Namibia, South Africa and covers almost three quarter of Botswana.Therefore, Tsabong is completely in a desert with a maximum rainfall of almost 250mm annually in a blessed year. The temperatures can soar as high as 40°C in summer and as low as - 4°C in winter nights.

Camels are part of Tsabong's lifestyle

Tsabong experiences four seasons, Winters from May to July, Autumn from August to October, Summer from November until end of January and Spring on February until end of April.

Gemsbok (Dikukama) at Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park

As the administrative town of Kgalagadi, Tsabong has all the necessary major amenities, resturants, night spots, churches and a accomodation facilities.It is also a gateway to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and Mabuasehube Game Reserve.


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