Southern Africa
Botswana
Ngwaketsi District

Jwaneng diamond mine

The Jwaneng diamond mine is the richest diamond mine in the world, and also the second largest in the world. It is nicknamed "the Prince of Mines", and is located in south-central about 170 kilometers southwest of the city of .
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  • Type: Quarry
  • Description: mine in Botswana
  • Also known as: “Jwaneng Diamond Mine”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jwaneng.

Town
Photo: Ossewa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town located in the of , but it is not part of this, being a separate district, with its own Town Council. is situated 10 km south of Jwaneng diamond mine.

Jwaneng diamond mine

Latitude
-24.51775° or 24° 31′ 4″ south
Longitude
24.69683° or 24° 41′ 49″ east
Operator
Debswana Diamond Company Ltd
Open location code
5G76FMJW+WP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 111867300
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Wiki­data ID
Q4160014
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Jwaneng diamond mine” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Cvanenq almaz yatağı”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “منجم الماس جواننج”
  • Finnish: “Jwanengin timanttikaivos”
  • French: “mine de Jwaneng”
  • French: “Mine de Jwaneng”
  • Galician: “Mina de Jwaneng”
  • German: “Tagebau Jwaneng”
  • Japanese: “ジュワネング鉱山”
  • Japanese: “ジュワネン鉱山”
  • Polish: “kopalnia Jwaneng”
  • Polish: “Kopalnia Jwaneng”
  • Russian: “Джваненг”
  • Slovenian: “Rudnik diamantov Jwaneng”
  • Tswana: “Moepo wa diteemane wa Jwaneng”
  • Ukrainian: “Jwaneng Mine”
  • Ukrainian: “Jwaneng”
  • Ukrainian: “Джваненг”
  • Ukrainian: “Джваненґ”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jwaneng Gensets and Jwana Game Park.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jwaneng diamond mine”. Photo: Cretep, Public domain.