Gaborone (English spelling)

Japanese: ガボローネ(英語表記)Gaborone
Gaborone (English spelling)
The capital of Botswana. Formerly called Gaberones. Located in southeastern Botswana, near the border with South Africa. The administrative center of the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland was in Mafeking, South Africa, but the capital was moved to Gaberones in 1965, the year before independence. There is a railway line from Cape Town, South Africa to Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, and an airport. Most of the inhabitants are Tlokwa people. There is the University of Botswana and a museum. Population: 230,900 (2009).

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Japanese:
ボツワナの首都。旧称ガベローネス Gaberones。ボツワナ南東部,南アフリカ共和国との国境近くに位置。イギリス保護領ベチュアナランドの行政中心地は,南アフリカのマフェキング(→マフィケング)にあったが,独立前年の 1965年ガベローネスに遷都。南アフリカのケープタウンからジンバブエの首都ハラレに通じる鉄道が通り,空港がある。住民の大部分はトロクワ族である。ボツワナ大学,博物館がある。人口 23万900(2009)。

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