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Francistown
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Francistown

Commercial and industrial town in northeast Botswana, 150 km/93 mi southwest of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; population (2001 est) 83,000. The town is the second largest in the country. Nearby, at Orapa and Letlhakane, there is diamond-mining; soda is extracted in Ntwetwe Pan; and gold is mined locally.

The town was originally established as a gold-mining centre.



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