Jwaneng

Jwaneng is a town located in the of , but it is not part of this, being a separate district, with its own Town Council. Of Tswana origin, the name means 'at the pebbles', 'at the small stones', presumably referring to diamonds.
  • Town with about 18,100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,190 metres (3,900 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code JWA
  • Description: city in Botswana
  • Also known as
    “Diamond town”
    “Jwaneng Township Area”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jwaneng Airport.
is an airport serving Jwaneng, a town in the of . is situated 4 km west of Jwaneng.
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Latitude
-24.60042° or 24° 36′ 2″ south
Longitude
24.73028° or 24° 43′ 49″ east
UN/LOCODE
BW JWA
Open location code
5G769PXJ+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Jwaneng” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Jwaneng”
  • Amharic: “ጅዋነንግ”
  • Arabic: “جوانينج”
  • Arabic: “غوانينغ”
  • Asturian: “Jwaneng”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cvanenq”
  • Azerbaijani: “Jwaneng”
  • Bengali: “জোওনেং”
  • Bengali: “জ্বানেং”
  • Catalan: “Jwaneng”
  • Cebuano: “Jwaneng”
  • Chinese: “朱瓦能”
  • Danish: “Jwaneng”
  • Dutch: “Jwaneng”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جوانينج”
  • Finnish: “Jwaneng”
  • French: “Jwaneng”
  • Fulah: “Jwaneng”
  • German: “Jwaneng”
  • Greek: “Τζουανένγκ”
  • Gujarati: “જ્વાનેંગ”
  • Hausa: “Jwaneng”
  • Hindi: “ज्वानेंग”
  • Ido: “Jwaneng”
  • Indonesian: “Jwaneng”
  • Italian: “Jwaneng”
  • Japanese: “ジェイング”
  • Japanese: “ジュワネン”
  • Japanese: “ジワネング”
  • Javanese: “Jwaneng”
  • Kannada: “ಜ್ವಾಂಗ್ಂಗ್”
  • Kazakh: “Джванenг”
  • Kirghiz: “Джванeng”
  • Korean: “주아넹”
  • Latin: “Jwaneng”
  • Latvian: “Džavanenga”
  • Lithuanian: “Džvanengas”
  • Malay: “Jwaneng”
  • Marathi: “जुवानेंग”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jwaneng”
  • Oromo: “Jwaneng”
  • Panjabi: “ਜ੍ਵਾਨੇਂਗ”
  • Persian: “جوانینگ”
  • Persian: “یواننگ، بوتسوانا”
  • Persian: “یواننگ”
  • Polish: “Jwaneng”
  • Portuguese: “Jwaneng”
  • Pushto: “جوانینج”
  • Romanian: “Jwaneng”
  • Russian: “Джванeng”
  • Russian: “Джваненг”
  • Sinhala: “ජෙවන්නේන්ග්”
  • Somali: “Jwaneng”
  • South Azerbaijani: “یواننق، بوتسوانا”
  • Spanish: “Jwaneng”
  • Swahili: “Jwaneng”
  • Swedish: “Jwaneng”
  • Tajik: “Джванeng”
  • Tamil: “ஜவானிங்”
  • Tatar: “Джванeng”
  • Telugu: “జ్వానెంగ్”
  • Thai: “จวาเนง”
  • Tswana: “Jwaneng”
  • Tswana: “Toropo ya Jwaneng”
  • Tswana: “Toropo ya teemane”
  • Tumbuka: “Jwaneng Town”
  • Turkish: “Jwaneng”
  • Ukrainian: “Джваненг”
  • Urdu: “جوانینگ”
  • Uzbek: “Jwaneng”
  • Vietnamese: “Jwaneng”
  • Zulu: “Jwaneng”

Places with the Same Name

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Police Station and Jwaneng Mine Hospital.

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