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North-West District

The North-West District or Ngamiland is one of the first-level administrative subdivisions of . For census and administrative purposes Ngamiland is subdivided into Ngamiland East, Ngamiland West and Ngamiland Delta.
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  • Type: State with 82,000 residents
  • Description: District of Botswana
  • Also known as: “Ngamiland”, “Ngamiland District”, “North West”, “North West District”, and “North-West”
  • Neighbors: and

North-West District

Latitude
-19.3894° or 19° 23′ 22″ south
Longitude
23.268° or 23° 16′ 5″ east
Population
82,000
Elevation
945 metres (3,100 feet)
Open location code
5GG5J769+75
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2671914038
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
933230
Wiki­data ID
Q57617
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“North-West District” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Noord-Wes distrik, Botswana”
  • Afrikaans: “Noord-Wes distrik”
  • Afrikaans: “Noordwesdistrik, Botswana”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة الشمال الغربي”
  • Asturian: “Distritu noroeste”
  • Asturian: “Distritu Noroeste”
  • Basque: “Ipar-mendebaldea”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночна-заходняя акруга Батсваны”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночна-заходняя акруга, Батсвана”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночна-заходняя акруга”
  • Bengali: “নর্থ ওয়েস্ট জেলা”
  • Breton: “North-West”
  • Bulgarian: “Северозападен окръг”
  • Bulgarian: “Северозападна област”
  • Catalan: “Districte del Nord-oest”
  • Cebuano: “North West District”
  • Chinese: “西北区”
  • Chinese: “西北區”
  • Danish: “North-West District”
  • Dutch: “North-West”
  • Esperanto: “Nord-Okcidenta Distrikto”
  • Finnish: “North-West District”
  • French: “District du Nord-Ouest”
  • Galician: “Distrito Noroeste”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილო-დასავლეთის ოლქი”
  • German: “Nordwest-Distrikt”
  • German: “North West District”
  • German: “North-West District”
  • Greek: “Βορειοδυτική Περιφέρεια”
  • Gujarati: “ઉત્તર-પશ્ચિમ જિલ્લો”
  • Hebrew: “נגאמילנד”
  • Hindi: “उत्तर-पश्चिमी जिला (बोत्सवाना)”
  • Hindi: “उत्तर-पश्चिमी जिला”
  • Ido: “Distrikto Botswana-Nord-Westo”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Barat Laut, Botswana”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Barat Laut”
  • Italian: “distretto Nordoccidentale”
  • Italian: “Distretto Nordoccidentale”
  • Japanese: “ノースウェスト地区”
  • Kannada: “ವಾಯುವ್ಯ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Korean: “북서부구”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļrietumu distrikts”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės vakarų rajonas”
  • Macedonian: “Северозападен округ”
  • Malay: “North-West District”
  • Marathi: “उत्तर-पश्चिम जिल्हा”
  • Northern Frisian: “North-West (Distrikt uun Botsuana)”
  • Northern Frisian: “North-West”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Vest”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “North-West”
  • Norwegian: “North-West”
  • Persian: “ناحیه شمال غربی (بوتسوانا)”
  • Persian: “ناحیه شمال غربی”
  • Polish: “Dystrykt North West”
  • Polish: “Dystrykt Północno-Zachodni”
  • Portuguese: “Noroeste”
  • Romanian: “Districtul North-West, Botswana”
  • Romanian: “Districtul North-West”
  • Russian: “Северо-Западный округ”
  • Sinhala: “වයඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Slovenian: “North-West District”
  • Slovenian: “Severozahodni distrikt”
  • Spanish: “Distrito Noroeste”
  • Swedish: “North-West District, Botswana”
  • Swedish: “Northwest”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு -மேற்கு மாவட்டம்”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк-Көнбатыш округ”
  • Telugu: “నార్త్-వెస్ట్ జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “เขตนอร์ท เวส”
  • Tswana: “Kgaolo ya Bokone Bophirima (Botswana)”
  • Tswana: “Kgaolo ya Bokone Bophirima”
  • Turkish: “Kuzeybatı Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Північно-Західний округ”
  • Urdu: “شمال-مغربی ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Tây-Bắc”
  • Wu Chinese: “西北区 (博茨瓦纳)”
  • Wu Chinese: “西北区（博茨瓦纳）”
  • Wu Chinese: “西北区”
  • Zulu: “North-West District, Butswana”
  • Zulu: “North-West District”

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