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Sand dunes and vegetation at Sossusvlei in the Namib desert, Namibia.
Many San people in Southern Africa reside primarily in Botswana, Namibia, and southeastern Angola.1
Within these countries, a significant majority of the population is concentrated in the western Kalahari districts of Botswana. Historically, many San groups inhabited areas such as the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, though government resettlement programs have moved many from these traditional lands into new villages.12