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Mmadinare
Centraltown
Total population
13,198
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Overview
Mmadinare is a village in the Central District of Botswana, 15 kilometers from Selibe Phikwe. The village is slowly growing into a town, with a population estimate of about 13,000 people of different tribes including Bangwato, Batalaote, Babirwa, and others. Mmadinare is located in the center of hills; like other villages in Southern Africa it was started during wars and hills were used as a form of protection from enemies, as the villagers were able to see threats from a distance.
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History
The village was founded around 1900 by the Batalaote when they gave up the settlement of Palapye. The Batalaote settled and lived near the Makome hill and occupied the Kelele and Seboo wards. Those from South Africa settled and stayed near Maretemagolo hill and formed Manga and Matabi wards. The royal families of Kelele and Seboo were banished from Mmadinare in 1908 by the colonial administration. They latter settled in Senyawe according to village elders and historians.
Geography
Motloutse River, which flows on the northern side of the village, supplies the Letsibogo Dam with water, on its way to Shashe River down further east. The river is partly depleted as a result of sand mining by the copper mine in Selibe Phikwe, which gets sand from the river to wash their copper ores. The area has a high potential for tourism and wildlife resources, as there are many animals in the surrounding areas especially elephants which destroy people's crops and properties. Sometimes lives are lost in the process.
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- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image