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Bokspits

Bokspits is a village in Kgalagadi District of Botswana. It is the southernmost village in Botswana and has a border post with South Africa near the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The population counted 507 in the 2011 census.

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Bokspits is a village in Kgalagadi District of Botswana. It is the southernmost village in Botswana and has a border post with South Africa near the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The population counted 507 in the 2011 census.1

Etymology

There is a popular theory that the name of the town is named after someone called Bok, who was one of the settlers who owned a well in the region.2

References

References

  1. "2011 Botswana Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  2. CHIPPA LEGODIMO (15 March 2013). "The grand revival of Bok's pits". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 16 September 2025.

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