Kanye Airport
Kanye Airport is an airport serving the town of Kanye, Botswana. The runway is south of the town. See also * *Transport in Botswana *List of airports in Botswana References External linksOpenStreetMap - Kanye
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Kanye, Botswana
Kanye is a village in southern Botswana, located south-west of the capital, Gaborone. It is the administrative centre of the Southern District, and had a population of 45,196 at the 2011 census, making it the eighth-largest village in the country. Kanye is the traditional capital of the Ngwaketse tribe, who first settled in the area in the 1790s. The village is the longest continuously occupied tribal capital in the country. Geography Kanye lies on a series of hills which form a natural protective barrier against the sands of the Kalahari Desert. The hills extend into the Bushveld region of South Africa. There is a deep natural gorge (called Kanye Gorge) close to the village, which was reputedly used as a hiding place for villagers during the various conflicts of the 19th century. History Kanye was established in the 1790s by Makaba, the paramount chief of the Ngwaketse (a tribe of the larger Tswana people). He moved his tribe to Kanye after losing a battle to the nearby Kwe ...
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Transport In Botswana
Transportation in Botswana is provided by internal and extensive network of railways, highways, ferry services and air routes that criss-cross the country. The transport sector in Botswana has played an important role in economic growth in the 23 years following independence. The country has been fortunate in discovering natural resources to finance economic developments, and sound policies have ensured that the transport sector grew at an affordable pace commensurate with demands for services. Rail transport Railways BR Express All passenger services were discontinued in 2009, with the only remaining service being an international link to Zimbabwe from Francistown. Freight trains still operate. Passenger service was expected to resume in late 2015. Passenger services were later re-introduced in March 2016. Freight trains Over half of BRs freight traffic is in coal, grain and intermodal freight, and it also ships automative parts and assembled automobiles, sulphu ...
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List Of Airports In Botswana
This is a list of airports in Botswana, sorted by location. Note: Only airports with an ICAO airport code and/or IATA airport code have been included. Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. __TOC__ Airports See also * Transport in Botswana * List of airports by ICAO code: F#FB - Botswana * Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Africa#Botswana References * * - includes IATA codes Great Circle Mapper: Airports in BotswanaWorld Aero Data: Airports in BotswanaAirport records for Botswanaat Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-21 {{Africa in topic, List of airports in Botswana Airports Airports Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...