Francistown

Francistown is a city in the east of , near the border with . In our division of Botswana into regions, it is in .
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  • City with about 100,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,000 metres (3,280 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code FRW
  • …is also known as “Ftown”
  • Description: city in northern Botswana
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Francistown Airport and Obed Itani Chilume Stadium.
Aerodrome
Phillip Gaonwe Matante International Airport, also…
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Latitude
-21.1664° or 21° 9′ 59″ south
Longitude
27.5025° or 27° 30′ 9″ east
UN/LOCODE
BW FRW
Open location code
5GC9RGM3+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Francistown” goes by many names.
DorpAfrikaans
FrancistownAfrikaans
FrancistownAkan
ፍራንሲስታውንAmharic
فرانسيسArabic
فرانسيستاونArabic
ՖրանսիսթաունArmenian
FrancistownAsturian
FrensistaunAzerbaijani
FrancistownBasque
ФрансістаўнBelarusian
ফ্রাঞ্চিসটাউনBengali
ফ্রান্সিসটাউনBengali
FrancistownBreton
ФрансистаунBulgarian
FrancistownCatalan
FrancistownCebuano
弗朗西斯敦Chinese
镇Chinese
FrancistownCroatian
FrancistownCzech
FrancistownDanish
FrancistownDutch
FrancistownEsperanto
FrancistownEstonian
FrancistownFinnish
ფრანსისთაუნიGeorgian
ΦράνσισταουνGreek
ફ્રાન્સિસટાઉનGujarati
FrancistownHausa
פרנסיסטאוןHebrew
फ्रांसिसटाउनHindi
FrancistownIdo
FrancistownIndonesian
FrancistownItalian
フランシスタウンJapanese
FrancistownJavanese
ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿಸ್ಟೌನ್Kannada
ФранцистаунKazakh
ФранцистаунKirghiz
프랜시스타운Korean
FrānsistaunaLatvian
FrensistaunaLatvian
FrensistaunasLithuanian
ФрансистаунMacedonian
FrancistownMalay
फ्रॅन्सिसटाउनMarathi
FrancistownNorthern Frisian
FrancistownNorwegian
FrancistownNorwegian Bokmål
FrancistownOromo
ਫ੍ਰਾਂਸਿਸਟਾਊਨPanjabi
فرانسیستوونPersian
فرانسیستوون، بوتسواناPersian
FrancistownPolish
فرانسستاونPushto
FrancistownRomanian
ФрансистаунRussian
ФрансистаунSerbian
FrancistownShona
townShona
ෆ්‍රැන්සිස් ටවුන්Sinhala
FrancistownSomali
فرانسیستوون، بوتسواناSouth Azerbaijani
FrancistownSwahili
FrancistownSwedish
ФранцистаунTajik
பிரான்சிஸ்நகரம்Tamil
ФранцистаунTatar
ఫ్రాన్సిస్‌ పట్టణంTelugu
ఫ్రాన్సిస్‌టౌన్Telugu
แฟรนซิสทาวน์Thai
FrancistownTswana
ToropoTswana
FrancistownTumbuka
FrancistownTurkish
ФрансистаунUkrainian
ФрансістаунUkrainian
ФренсістаунUkrainian
فرانسس ٹاؤنUrdu
FrancistownUzbek
FransistaunVeps
FrancistownVietnamese
FrancistownWaray (Philippines)
FrancistownYoruba
Francistown, ButswanaZulu
idolobhaZulu

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