Francistown, Botswana

Botswana

Francistown, Botswana shares 62 connections with 2870 other places across 14 topics, spanning government, nature, sports, mining, and religion. The city's connections run heavily toward Zimbabwe and southern African neighbors, rooted in a history that began with the 1867 Tati River gold rush and the 1897 founding of the town near the Monarch mine. Tati Nickel, owned by Norilsk Nickel, still operates cobalt, copper, and nickel mines in the area. Francistown also seats the Roman Catholic Diocese established in 1998, within a church province centered on Pretoria.