Dekar, alternatively D'kar, is a village in
Ghanzi District of
Botswana. It is located 40 km to the east of the district capital,
Ghanzi
Ghanzi is a town in the middle of the Kalahari Desert the western part of the Republic of Botswana in southern Africa. The region is the country's pride in contributing a large portion towards the beef industry. In fact, Ghanzi farmers provides ...
. The population was 943 in the 2001 census. It was a farm of the Gereformeerde Church, but later evolved into a rural village after being donated to the
Naro. The village is governed by the
Dutch Reformed Church, which is made up of
San leaders in Dekar. A tar road runs 1 km from it, but there is no tar road in the village itself, only a gravel road. This small village also houses Kuru, a San initiative. It has a shop where handcrafted San articles can be bought. The money is then used to help the Kalahari people. Dekar also houses a school and a clinic. About 15 to 20 km outside Dekar there is a game farm on the road to Ghanzi.
Dekar is the closest populated place to the
antipode of
Honolulu, Hawai‘i. It’s nearly perfectly antipodal to the town of
Wahiawā, Hawai‘i.
.
References
Ghanzi District
Villages in Botswana
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