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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.
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 ...
The history of Gaborone began with archaeological evidence in the area around Gaborone dating back to 400 BCE, [8] ... settled in the area around Palapye and Serowe, ...
The modern Bamangwato formed in the Central Serowe,Palapye & Mahalapye District, with its main town and capital (after 1902) at Serowe. The paramount chief, a hereditary position, occupies one of the fifteen places in Ntlo ya Dikgosi , the national House of Chiefs.
The Tuli area is also famous for the Tswapong and Lepokole hills located about 140 km southwest. Tswapong is located to the east of Palapye. Over the ages, deep gorges have been carved into the ancient granite rocks by the seasonal rivers and springs. The waterfalls, rock pools and surrounding vegetation is unique in Botswana. [6]
The growth rate of population during the decade was 0.96. The population in the district was 29.9 per cent of the total population in the country. Main population centers in Central include Palapye and Serowe, two of Africa's largest traditional villages.
The main line runs through the south-eastern region of Botswana from Mahikeng in South Africa through Lobatse, Gaborone, Mahalapye, Palapye and Francistown to Plumtree in Zimbabwe. In addition there are three branch lines: from Palapye to Morupule Colliery, from Serule to Selebi-Phikwe, and from Francistown to Sowa. [citation needed] Main Line ...
The location is a 2,500-hectare (9.7 sq mi) site of gently sloping land on the outskirts of Palapye. [ 3 ] The university was established by the Botswana International University of Science and Technology Act of 2005 as a research-intensive university that specialize in Science, Engineering and Technology at both undergraduate and postgraduate ...