City profile · Botswana · Africa
Francistown
City of Francistown · Botswana
City population
103,417
#2
in Botswana
#5,549
worldwide
-21.170, 27.508 · 421 km from Gaborone
About Francistown
Francistown is a city in City of Francistown, Botswana with a population of 103,417. It is the 2nd largest of the 25 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Botswana, and the 5,549th largest worldwide. It lies 421 km from Gaborone.
Key Facts
Country
Region
City of Francistown
Elevation
989 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Gaborone
Coordinates
-21.170, 27.508
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 25 in BotswanaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.