Maun

Maun is an important village in , the "tourism capital" of Botswana, and major gateway to the . In 2021, it was home to about 85,000 people.
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  • Type: City with 55,800 residents
  • Description: town in Botswana
  • Also known as: “ko motshing”, “Ko motshing”, “Maun Botswana”, “Maun, Botswana”, “Motji”, and “motshing”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Maun Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Mirko Raner, CC BY 3.0.
is an international airport serving the…

Maun

Latitude
-19.9861° or 19° 59′ 10″ south
Longitude
23.4224° or 23° 25′ 21″ east
Population
55,800
Elevation
947 metres (3,107 feet)
IATA airport code
MUB
UN/LOCODE
BW MUB
Open location code
5GG52C7C+HX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 261633728
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
933366
Wiki­data ID
Q170732
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Maun” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Maun”
  • Amharic: “ማኡን”
  • Arabic: “ماون”
  • Asturian: “Maun”
  • Azerbaijani: “Maun”
  • Basque: “Maun”
  • Belarusian: “Маун”
  • Belarusian: “Маўн”
  • Bengali: “মাউন”
  • Catalan: “Maun”
  • Chinese: “馬翁”
  • Chinese: “马翁”
  • Croatian: “Maun”
  • Czech: “Maun”
  • Danish: “Maun”
  • Dutch: “Maun”
  • Estonian: “Maun”
  • Finnish: “Maun”
  • French: “Maun”
  • Georgian: “მაუნი”
  • German: “Maun”
  • Greek: “Μαούν”
  • Gujarati: “મૌન”
  • Hausa: “Maun, Botswana”
  • Hausa: “Maun”
  • Hebrew: “מאון”
  • Hindi: “माउन”
  • Hindi: “माऊं”
  • Indonesian: “Maun, Botswana”
  • Indonesian: “Maun”
  • Italian: “Maun”
  • Japanese: “マウン”
  • Javanese: “Maun”
  • Kannada: “ಮೌನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Маун”
  • Kirghiz: “Маун”
  • Korean: “마운”
  • Latvian: “Mauna”
  • Lithuanian: “Maunas”
  • Malagasy: “Maun”
  • Malay: “Maun”
  • Marathi: “मौन”
  • Northern Frisian: “Maun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Maun”
  • Norwegian: “Maun”
  • Oromo: “Maun”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਾਉਨ”
  • Persian: “ماون، بوتسوانا”
  • Persian: “ماون”
  • Polish: “Maun”
  • Portuguese: “Maun”
  • Pushto: “ماون”
  • Romanian: “Maun”
  • Russian: “Маун”
  • Shona: “Maun”
  • Sinhala: “මවුන්”
  • Slovenian: “Maun, Bocvana”
  • Somali: “Maun”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ماون، بوتسوانا”
  • Spanish: “Maun”
  • Swahili: “Maun, Botswana”
  • Swahili: “Maun”
  • Swedish: “Maun”
  • Tajik: “Маун”
  • Tamil: “மவுண்”
  • Tatar: “Маун”
  • Telugu: “మౌన్”
  • Thai: “มาอูน”
  • Tswana: “Maun”
  • Turkish: “Maun, Botsvana”
  • Turkish: “Maun”
  • Ukrainian: “Маун”
  • Urdu: “ماؤن، بوٹسوانا”
  • Urdu: “ماؤن”
  • Urdu: “منہ”
  • Uzbek: “Maun”
  • Veps: “Maun”
  • Vietnamese: “Maun”
  • Zulu: “Maun, Botswana”
  • Zulu: “Maun, Butswana”

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