Molepolole
Sign in to saveMolepolole is a large village in Kweneng District, Botswana.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Molepolole
- Settlement.nicknames
- phuase, phua lerole
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- New Molepolole Shopping Mall.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Mafenyatlala Shopping Mall
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Botswana
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Botswana
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kweneng District
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-district
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Molepolole
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 67598
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Government and infrastructure
- Education
- Vegetation found in Molepolole
- Sites of interest
- See also
- References
Molepolole is a large village in Kweneng District, Botswana.
The people who reside in Molepolole are called Bakwena, who are one of the eight major tribes in Botswana. The Bakwena Kgosi (Chief), Sebele I was among the three chiefs who went to England to seek protection from the British in the colonial era. Molepolole serves as the capital of the Bakwena. It was named after the Molepolole River.