Mosu

For the restaurant, see Mosu (restaurant).
Mosu
Village
Mosu is located in Botswana
Mosu
Mosu
Coordinates: 21°13′S 26°9′E / 21.217°S 26.150°E / -21.217; 26.150
CountryBotswana
DistrictCentral District
Elevation
953 m (3,127 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
1,792
Time zoneGMT +2

Mosu is a village in Central District of Botswana. The village is located to the south of Sua Pan – the eastern half of Makgadikgadi Pan – and it has a primary school and a junior secondary school namely Mosu Primary School and Makgadikgadi Junior Secondary School respectively. The population was 1,792 in 2011 census.[2] Mosu is also the gateway to Makgadikgadi plains.[3] Village is located on the foot of a hilly landform, exposing the village's terrain to massive soil erosion.

Forest Conservation Botswana, through the village development committee has spearheaded efforts to reduce the soil erosion phenomenon affecting the village.

Mosu village is situated at around 56 km from Letlhakane village at -21.218181°S, 26.019335E° latitude/longitude decimal degrees.

References

  1. ^ "2011 census". Archived from the original on 11 January 2013.
  2. ^ "2011 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS" (PDF). Statistics Botswana. August 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Distribution of population by sex by villages and their associated localities: 2001 population and housing census". Archived from the original on 24 November 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2008.

2. 21°13′4″S 26°1′9″E / 21.21778°S 26.01917°E / -21.21778; 26.01917Kitso Koongale (Freelance researcher) (updated 03 Jan 2019)


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