Kgosi Gaborone of Batlokwa (1820-1932) was a Botswanan

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...

 chief, who gives his name to the modern capital city of Botswana, Gabarone.

He is believed to have been born around 1820. In 1887, he led the Batlokwa from Tshwene in the North West Province of South Africa

South Africa

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 to the Bechuanaland Protectorate where he settled at Moshaweng

Moshaweng

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 on the Notwane River.

In 1895, he had to surrender portions of land for the construction of Cecil Rhodes' new railway from Mafikeng

Mafikeng

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 to Bulawayo

Bulawayo

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He died in 1932, at what is thought to be the age of 112. The British acquired the land he owned and created the Batlokwa Reserve.