Palapye
E918108
Palapye is a rapidly growing town in central Botswana that serves as a key commercial and transport hub along the country’s main north–south corridor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Palapye canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| abbreviation | BIUST NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionOf | Central District, Botswana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateClassification | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | -22.55 ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | 27.13 ⓘ |
| country | Botswana ⓘ |
| countryCapitalDistance | Gaborone about 270 km south ⓘ |
| distanceTo |
about 170 km south of Francistown
ⓘ
about 270 km north of Gaborone ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
education services
ⓘ
mining-related services ⓘ retail trade ⓘ transport services ⓘ |
| economicRole | commercial hub ⓘ |
| governingBody | Palapye Sub-District Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| growthCharacteristic | rapidly growing town ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | Palapye Senior Secondary School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFacility | Palapye Primary Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
commercial centers
ⓘ
industrial area ⓘ residential suburbs ⓘ |
| hasIndustry | coal-based power generation ⓘ |
| hasPowerStation | Morupule Power Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRailway | Botswana Railways main line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiver | Lotsane River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUniversity | Botswana International University of Science and Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageMajority | Setswana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Central District, Botswana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | central Botswana ⓘ |
| locatedOn | A1 highway (Botswana) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearMine | Morupule coal mine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearRiver | Lotsane River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearSettlement |
Mahalapye
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Serowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| populationTrend | increasing population ⓘ |
| railRole | railway junction and stop ⓘ |
| regionalImportance | key node on Botswana’s main north–south route ⓘ |
| roadConnection | A14 road (Botswana) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadTransportRole | major stop between Gaborone and Francistown ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Africa Time ⓘ |
| transportCorridor | Botswana north–south corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportRole | transport hub ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +2 ⓘ |
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