Kweneng District

Kweneng
District
Location within Botswana
Coordinates: 24°00′S 25°00′E / 24.000°S 25.000°E / -24.000; 25.000
Country	Botswana
Capital	Molepolole
Largest	Mogoditshane
Sub-districts	List Molepolole/Lentsweletau Letlhakeng Mogoditshane/Thamaga
Government
• Type	District council
Area
• Total	35,890 km2 (13,860 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)
• Total	387,983
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (Central Africa Time)
HDI (2019)	0.721[1] high · 4th
Website	Official website

Kweneng is one of the districts of Botswana and is the recent historical homeland of the Bakwena people, the first group in Botswana converted to Christianity by famed missionary David Livingstone. Various landmarks, including Livingstone's Cave, allude to this history. The seat of the district's government is Molepolole, Botswana's most populous village (only trailing Botswana's two cities: Gaborone and Francistown).

It borders Central District in northeast, Kgatleng District on the east, South-East District in southeast, Southern District in south, Kgalagadi District in the west, Ghanzi District in the north. The district is administered by a district administration and district council which are responsible for local administration. Manyana rock paintings in Manyana village and Kgosi Sechele I Museum are the major attractions in the district.

As of 2011, the total population of the district was 304,549 compared to 230,335 in 2001. The growth rate of population during the decade was 2.83. As of 2006, the total number of people working in Kweneng East in agricultural sector was 7,212, 4,727 male and 2,484 female, with agriculture being the major profession.