Kasane

Kasane
Aerial view of Kasane with Chobe River Top right corner Kasane Airport
Aerial view of Kasane with Chobe River
Top right corner Kasane Airport
Kasane Aerial View
Kasane Aerial View
Coordinates: 17°49′S 025°09′E / 17.817°S 25.150°E / -17.817; 25.150
Country Botswana
DistrictChobe District
Population
 (Census 2001)[1]
 • Total9,008
ClimateBSh

Kasane is a town in Botswana, close to Africa's 'Four Corners', where the borders of Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe almost meet. The town is at the far northeastern corner of Botswana where it serves as the administrative center of the Chobe District. The population of Kasane was 9,244 at the 2011 census.[2]

Kasane briefly obtained international fame as the location of the remarriage of Elizabeth Taylor to Richard Burton, in 1975.

  1. ^ "Population of Towns, Villages and Associated Localities" (PDF). 2001 Population and Housing Census. Gaborone: Central Statistics Office. April 2002. p. 141. Retrieved 5 September 2009.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2011 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS" (PDF). 2011.

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