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Morupule
Morupule is a small town in Botswana. 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 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 * Francis ... References Populated places in Botswana {{Botswana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. It is connected to Zambia across the short Zambezi River border by the Kazungula Bridge. A country of slightly over 2.3 million people, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. About 11.6 percent of the population lives in the capital and largest city, Gaborone. Formerly one of the world's poorest countries—with a GDP per capita of about US$70 per year in the late 1960s—it has since transformed itself into an upper-middle-income country, with one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Modern-day humans first inhabited the country over 200,000 years ago. The Tswana ethnic ... [...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 Line to Namibia - 2008 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 (Newport) To Zambia * Botswana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |