North-West District (Botswana)
North-West District Council is one of the local authorities of Botswana. It was established in 1966, overlapping the administrative districts of Chobe and Ngamiland. Since 2006, when the Chobe District Council was established, it only administers Ngamiland.(http://www.laws.gov.bw/, http://www.mlg.gov.bw/)
Location
North-West's location in the country causes it to share borders with the following foreign areas:
Omaheke Region, Namibia - southwest
Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia - west
Kavango East Region, Namibia - northwest
Zambezi Region, Namibia - north
Domestically, it borders the following districts:
Central District - southeast
Ghanzi District - southwest
Chobe District - east
Sub-districts
Sub-districts of North-West/Ngamiland District include:
Ngami, hqrs. Maun
Okavango, hqrs. Gumare
Settlements
By far the largest settlement in the district is Maun, which had a population of 43,776 in 2001 census. The following is the list of villages noted separately in 2001 census in each census region.