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Molepolole
Kweneng, Botswana · Africa
About Molepolole
Molepolole sits on the route: 35 minutes from Thamaga.
Molepolole is in Kweneng, Botswana, with about 75,000 people. The nearest town is Thamaga, about 30 km away.
Molepolole is a large village in Kweneng District, Botswana.
The people who reside in Molepolole are called Bakwena, who are one of the eight major tribes in Botswana. The Bakwena Kgosi (Chief), Sebele I was among the three chiefs who went to England to seek protection from the British in the colonial era. MolepololeRead more
serves as the capital of the Bakwena. It was named after the Molepolole River.
It is one of the largest traditional villages in Africa with a population of over 74,674 people as of 2022. It lies 50 kilometres west of the national capital Gaborone and acts as gateway for exploring the Kalahari Desert.
It has a large traditional kgotla and the Scottish Livingstone Hospital.
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Molepolole is in Kweneng, Botswana, about 30 km from Thamaga.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 74,861
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Botswana
- Region
- Kweneng
- Timezone
- Africa/Gaborone
- Coordinates
- -24.4066, 25.4951
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