Mahalapye

Demographic figures from Statistics Botswana. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Mahalapye is a town located in the Central District of Botswana. The town has about 41,000 inhabitants and is situated along the main road between the capital Gaborone and the second most populous city Francistown. Mahalapye has a bus station, a railway station, a couple of hotels and a market area with many shops and fast food restaurants, Water Shed mall is the latest attraction to those travelling from Gaborone to Francistown. It also has several petrol stations, some open 24 hours per day. Being situated on the edge of the Kalahari desert, the town and its local waterways are quite dry, except during the rainy season. In recent times, it has become a convenient stop-over town for travelers travelling to and from Gaborone.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Gomolemo Motswaledi

Motswana politician

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Onalenna Baloyi

Motswana middle distance runner (* 1984)

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Nicole Gaelebale

former Miss Botswana - 2017

Duma Boko

President of Botswana

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Donald Molosi

a Motswana actor, writer and playwright.

Kenneth Koma

Motswana politician

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Botlogile Tshireletso

Motswana politician

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Lesenya Ramoraka

football player

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Morwalela Seema

Motswana footballer

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Punah Gabasiane-Molale

afro jazz singer

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Martin Sefako

visual artist

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Phillimon Makwengwe

football coach in Botswana

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Ednah Rosen

Self-taught chef and author

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Trudy Bakwena

Motswana fashion designer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Central

• Mosolotshane
  31.1 mi away
• Moshopha
  36.2 mi away
• Machaneng
  42.1 mi away
• Maunatlala
  62.1 mi away · pop. 3,862
• Mogapinyana
  70.4 mi away
• Marukuru
  85.4 mi away
• Mmadikolobe
  90.8 mi away
• Damochujenaa
  93 mi away
• Moletemane
  99 mi away
• Malatswai
  106.5 mi away
• Molalatau
  133.5 mi away · pop. 3,107
• Letlhakane
  141.3 mi away · pop. 20,841

Browse all places in Central →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Mahalapye

Search results from Open Library.