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Bonwapitse

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Air quality index

37Good
Coordinates-23.08°, 26.70°

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City facts

Overview

Bonwapitse is a village in Central District of Botswana. The village is located 14 km north-west of Mahalapye, and it has a primary school. The population was 544 in 2001 census.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-23.0766
Longitude
26.7037
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
37
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
3.1
PM10 (µg/m³)
4.1
Ozone (µg/m³)
53
NO₂ (µg/m³)
2.4

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
294
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Laughing Dove
    Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    6
  • Cape Starling
    Lamprotornis nitens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    4
  • Namaqua Dove
    Oena capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    4
  • Ring-necked Dove
    Streptopelia capicola (Sundevall, 1857) · Aves
    4
  • African Caper
    Belenois creona (Cramer, 1776) · Insecta
    3
  • Little Grebe
    Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas, 1764) · Aves
    3
  • Red-faced Mousebird
    Urocolius indicus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
    3
  • Pied Crow
    Corvus albus Statius Muller, 1776 · Aves
    3

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
1
Largest magnitude
4.5
Largest event
2002-04-19

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in Central

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.85
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,136

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
22
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Small Verdant Hawkmoth
Small Verdant Hawkmoth
Basiothia medea
Seen 2025-07-19
Cucumber Moth
Cucumber Moth
Diaphania indica
Seen 2025-05-04
Camel Thorn
Camel Thorn
Vachellia erioloba
Seen 2025-02-21
Coffee Senna
Coffee Senna
Senna occidentalis
Seen 2023-05-01
yellow trumpet flower
yellow trumpet flower
Tecoma stans
Seen 2023-05-01
Matted Sandmat
Matted Sandmat
Euphorbia serpens
Seen 2023-05-01
South African Wild Pear
South African Wild Pear
Dombeya rotundifolia
Seen 2023-04-30
Fountain Grass
Fountain Grass
Cenchrus setaceus
Seen 2023-04-30
wild marigold
wild marigold
Tagetes minuta
Seen 2023-04-30

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Events

Gallery

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image