Phepheng

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

Overview

Phepheng, also known as Phepeng, Draaihoek or Draihoek, is a village in Kgalagadi District of Botswana. It is located north-east of the district capital Tshabong. The population was 1,411 in the 2022 census.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

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

Nearby places in Kgalagadi

• Makopong
  12.2 mi away
• Maralaleng
  24.5 mi away
• Omaweneno
  26.5 mi away
• Werda
  30 mi away
• Maleshe
  37.5 mi away
• Kokotsha
  44.7 mi away
• Tsabong
  47.2 mi away
• Maubelo
  51.1 mi away
• Bray
  53.7 mi away
• Kolonkwaneng
  96.8 mi away
• Bogogobo
  99.9 mi away
• Middlepits
  101.9 mi away

Browse all places in Kgalagadi →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Spotted Joker

Byblia ilithyia

Seen 2026-09-15

Cape Thick-toed Gecko

Pachydactylus capensis

Seen 2026-06-19

Egyptian Slit-faced Bat

Nycteris thebaica

Seen 2026-06-18

Kalahari Tree Skink

Trachylepis spilogaster

Seen 2026-06-18

Sweet Starjasmine

Orthanthera jasminiflora

Seen 2026-03-31

bitter-apple

Solanum campylacanthum

Seen 2026-03-12

buffelgrass

Cenchrus ciliaris

Seen 2026-03-07

Cattle Louse Fly

Hippobosca rufipes

Seen 2026-01-25

Robust Burrowing Scorpion

Opistophthalmus carinatus

Seen 2026-01-16

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