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Orapa
Centraltown
Total population
9,500
Demographic figures from Statistics Botswana. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Within Central, Botswana, Orapa stands as a small town. Its coordinates of -21.336°, 25.365° place it in the tropical zone of the southern hemisphere. It is home to roughly 9,500 residents. Open solar datasets indicate about 2,269 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 89% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1842) · Aves7
- Pied CrowCorvus albus Statius Muller, 1776 · Aves7
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis (Bechstein, 1794) · Aves5
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus (Burchell, 1822) · Aves5
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves4
- White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali A.Smith, 1836 · Aves4
- White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus anguitimens A.Smith, 1836 · Aves4
- Southern Pied-BabblerTurdoides bicolor (Jardine, 1831) · Aves4
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 5 — 2017-04-0392 km SSW of Letlhakane, Botswana
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Central
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species









Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org