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Old Palapye and Palapye are two different places according to the residents there, Palapye is a modernised town. The site is located 20 km away from the Palapye town and the people living around call it Malaka village [ 1 ] This monument site is called Old Palapye because it carries the history of the ancient nature which differentiates it from ...
Palapye is a growing town in Botswana, situated about halfway between Francistown and Gaborone (170 km (106 mi) from Francistown and 240 km (149 mi) from Gaborone). Over the years its position has made it a convenient stopover on one of Southern Africa's principal north–south rail and road routes.
The Morupule Colliery is a coal mine located in Palapye, Botswana, owned and operated by Debswana, a partnership between the government of Botswana and De Beers. [1] The coalfield is composed of four main seams, only one of which, the No. 1 Seam, is currently being mined, using bord and pillar mining methods.
A trade and commercial centre, it is Botswana's third largest village. [2] Serowe has played an important role in Botswana's history, as capital for the Bamangwato people in the early 20th century and as birthplace of several of Botswana's presidents. More recently it has undergone significant development as the town and as Botswana continues ...
Toutswemogala Hill lies 6.5 km West of the North-South Highway in the Central District of Botswana. It is situated about 50 km north of the village of Palapye. Toutswemogala is an elongated flat-topped hill, geologically called a mesa, rising about 50 meters above the surrounding flat mopane veld. It is an Iron Age settlement, which has been ...
The Lotsane River is a river in southeastern Botswana. It is a seasonal left hand tributary of the Limpopo River and has a catchment area of 9,748 square kilometres (3,764 sq mi). Course
Goo Moremi Gorge is situated in Eastern Botswana, about 67 km east of Palapye town,in a small village of Goo Moremi. The gorge is a protected heritage site in the midst of Tswapong Hills.
Maunatlala is a settlement located in the Central District, categorized as tertiary settlement III by the National Settlement Policy. The village is located about 88 km East of Palapye and had a population of 4951 people as per the 2011 population census.