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D'Kar is a village in Ghanzi District
Ghanzi District
Ghanzi is a district in western Botswana, bordering Namibia in the west and extending east into much of the interior of the country. The district's administrative centre is the town of Ghanzi. Most of the eastern half of Ghanzi makes up the Central Kalahari Game Reserve...

 of Botswana
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

. It is located 40 km to the east of the district capital, Ghanzi
Ghanzi
Ghanzi is a town in the western part of the Republic of Botswana in southern Africa. At the time of the 2001 census, there were 9,934 people living in the town with another 861 nearby. It is the administrative center of Ghanzi District and is known as the "Capital of the Kalahari"...

. The population was 943 in 2001 census. It was first a farm of someone, but then evolved into a rural village, most of the village is owned by the church, but this village also houses a shop and a garage. A tar road runs 1 km from it, but unfortunately there is no tar road in the village itself, only a gravel road. This small village also houses Kuru, a bushman iniative. It has a shop were handcrafted Bushman articles can be bought. The money is then used to help the little people of the Kalahari. It also owns a game farm which is about 15 to 20 km outside D'Kar, on the road to Ghanzi. This village consists mainly of bushmen. It houses a school and also a clinic.
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