Lentsweletau | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: Majweng | |
  Lentsweletau Location in Botswana | |
| Coordinates: 24°15′16″S 25°51′6″E / 24.25444°S 25.85167°E | |
| Country |  Botswana |
| District | Kweneng District |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,916 |
Lentsweletau is a village in Kweneng District of Botswana. It is located 60 km north of Gaborone. The population was 4,916 in 2011 census.[1] A large percentage of the population is from the Bakwena tribe, and its capital is called Molepolole, also in the Kweneng District. The name Lentsweletau translates as a Lentswe = Rock (or rocky hill), le = and, tau = lion.
Lentsweletau was put on the map in the 1970s by a very popular musician named Cobra Kenalemang, who inspired another Lentsweletauan, Kotaeshwele, who came to picture with his hit "Kotaeshwele o dira mathaithai" in the mid 1980s. It is up again with the popular Toyota Desert Race as a stopover for vehicles filling up petrol and anyone wanting to spend a night in the area and having fun.
- ^ "Distribution of population by sex by villages and their associated localities: 2001 population and housing census". Archived from the original on 24 November 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2008.