Botswana Administrative Divisions / Botswana

Overview

Item	Details
District	17
Sub-district	28
Locality	519
Coordinates	✅ Included (all levels)
Formats	JSON, NDJSON, CSV
License	CC-BY-4.0
Last Updated	2026-05-29
Website	openadmindata.org/bw
API	openadmindata.org/api/bw

Browse by District

#	District	Sub-districts	Localitys	Link
1	CENTRAL	5	159	Browse
2	CHOBE	1	11	Browse
3	FRANCISTOWN	1	1	Browse
4	GABORONE	1	1	Browse
5	GHANZI	2	28	Browse
6	JWANENG	1	1	Browse
7	KGALAGADI	2	36	Browse
8	KGATLENG	1	22	Browse
9	KWENENG	2	59	Browse
10	LOBATSE	1	1	Browse
11	NORTH EAST	1	45	Browse
12	NORTH WEST	3	52	Browse
13	ORAPA	1	1	Browse
14	SELIBE PHIKWE	1	1	Browse
15	SOUTH EAST	1	8	Browse
16	SOUTHERN	3	92	Browse
17	SOWA TOWN	1	1	Browse

Data Files

File	Format	Description
all-district.json	JSON	All 17 district records
all-sub_district.json	JSON	All 28 sub-district records
all-locality.json	JSON	All 519 locality records
all-flat.json	JSON	Levels 1-2 flat array
all-flat.ndjson	NDJSON	Streaming format
all-flat.csv	CSV	Spreadsheet format
hierarchy.json	JSON	Nested tree
schema.json	JSON Schema	Data schema

Quick Start

Python

import json

with open("data/all-district.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    data = json.load(f)

for r in data:
    print(f"{r['name']['local']} ({r['name']['en']}) — {r['children_count']['sub_district']} sub-districts")

JavaScript

import { readFileSync } from "fs";

const data = JSON.parse(readFileSync("data/all-district.json", "utf-8"));
console.log(`Total: ${data.length} districts`);

Schema

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier
level	integer	1=district, 2=sub-district, 3=locality
level_name	object	Level label (local + English)
name.local	string	Name in local script
name.en	string	English name
name.slug	string	URL-safe slug
parent	object/null	Parent division reference
ancestors	array	Full ancestor chain
children_count	object	Count of children per level
zip_codes	array	Postal codes (where available)
geo.lat	string	Latitude (WGS84)
geo.lon	string	Longitude (WGS84)

Full schema: data/schema.json

Hierarchy Browse

divisions/{district-slug}/
divisions/{district-slug}/{sub_district-slug}/

Localitys are listed inline in each sub-district's README.

AI Integration

• llms.txt — Quick reference for AI agents
• llms-full.txt — Summary with per-district links
• Per-district data — Full data by district

Citation

Botswana Administrative Divisions Dataset (CC-BY-4.0)
URL: https://github.com/open-admin-data/botswana-administrative-divisions

See CITATION.cff for machine-readable citation.

License

• Data: CC-BY-4.0

Related

• Open Admin Data — Browse, search and explore administrative divisions for every country
• open-admin-data — GitHub organization with all country repos
• ListBase — Structured reference data for every country