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Tutume, Tutume Subdistrict, Central District, Botswanai
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TutumeVillage
Tutume SubdistrictDistrict
Central DistrictDistrict
BotswanaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
20° 29' 20'' South , 27° 2' 13'' East
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Mindat Locality ID:
301186
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:301186:0
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0


Tutume is a large Bakalanga village located in the Central District of Botswana, about 50 km from the Zimbabwe border gate at Maitengwe.

The nearest city is Francistown, about 100 km away.

The village is a sub-district headquarters.

It is made up of wards: Madikwe, Selolwane, Thini and Magapatona.

In each ward, there is a headman and his advisers in the kgotla.

The main kgotla is located in Madikwe ward near Tutume Central Primary School.

The village was named after the river "TUTUME", in Kalanga they will say "gwizi go Tutuma", meaning that the river was overflowing.

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutume
Wikidata ID:Q170698
GeoNames ID:11819282

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