The primary hospital in Tshabong serves a huge outlying area and includes several tuberculosis refuges where patients and their families can stay while undergoing lengthy outpatient treatment.
Near the town is the Tshabong kimberlite field, one of the largest diamondiferous kimberlite fields in the world.
Tshabong is the site of Botswana's coldest recorded temperature, registering a temperature of −15.0°C (5.0°F).[2][when?] The record high temperature registered in Tsabong was 42.6°C (108.7°F).[2][when?]
