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Morupule River
Morupule is a small town in Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou .... Infrastructure It is adjacent to Palapye town next to the main road from Gaborone. It is serviced by a station on the national railway network. It also has an airstrip, coal mine and 2 power stations. See also * Railway stations in Botswana References Populated places in Botswana {{Botswana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, Zambia to the north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. With a population of slightly over 2.4 million people and a comparable land area to France, Botswana is one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most sparsely populated countries in the world. It is essentially the nation-state of the Tswana people, who constitute nearly 80 percent of the population. The Tswana ethnic group are descended mainly from Bantu peoples, Bantu-speaking peoples who Bantu expansion, migrated into southern Africa, including modern Botswana, in several waves before AD 600. In 1885, the British Empire, British colonised the area and declared a protectorate named Bechuanaland. As part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Stations In Botswana
List of Railway stations in Botswana include: Towns served by rail Existing * Ramatlhabama, South Africa - border with South Africa * Lobatse * Gaborone - national capital * Palapye - junction for coal branch * Serule - junction * Francistown * Ramokgwebana - border with Zimbabwe * Palapye - junction ** Morupule - branch terminus * Serule - junction ** Selibe Phikwe - branch terminus * Francistown - junction ** Sowa - branch terminus Proposed To Namibia * Trans-Kalahari Railway to Namibia - Construction starting 2025 1,600 km. ** Aranos - new coal mine * Palapye - linked to Bulawayo in Zimbabwe * Francistown * Mafeking * Lobatse * Kang in Botswana * Ghanzi, possible copper-silver mine. * Morupule Colliery in east central Botswana ---- * Mariental * Maltahohe * Shearwater Bay, Namibia - port * Aus in Namibia To Mozambique * via South Africa or via Zimbabwe * Gaborone to Maputo ---- * Serule, Botswana via Zimbabwe to Maputo (Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |