Charles Hill is a village in Ghanzi District of Botswana. It is located close to the Namibian border. Charles Hill is the second-largest village in the Ghanzi District, with a population of 3,791 according to the 2011 census.
Charles Hill is the seat of the Charles Hill sub-District, established separately from Ghanzii District administratively in 2004. Although the limits of the sub-district have as yet to be clearly defined it generally is bordered to the north by the Trans-Kalahari Highway, the west by Namibia, to the east by Botswana Highway A2 and to the south by Kgalagadi District. The inhabitants are made up of a variety of different groups living side by side and in harmony with each other, they are:
Herero
Bakgalagadi
Basarwa
Batlharo (a biracial tribe of the coloreds and herero whose mother-tongue is Setswana)
Coloureds
Nama
Some of the developments in the village include a primary school, a junior secondary school, a hospital, a post office, some Rural Administration Centre offices which belong to the local government (known as the council), pre-schools, hair salons and an Engen filling station which is conveniently located next to the main tarred road from Ghanzi to Mamuno. An estimated 200 cattle posts lie within the sub-District but outside village limits.
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Villages
There are eight villages and two settlements lying within the sub-District:
Chobokwane
Tsootsha (also known as Kalkfontein)
Karakubis
Kanagas
New Xanagas
Charles Hill
Makunda
Ncojane
Metsimantsho
Metsimantle
Politics
Charles Hill is part of the Charleshill constituency for elections to the National Assembly of Botswana.