Molepolole

Also known as Moleps

Molepolole 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

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Official name: Molepolole
Country: Botswana
Located in: Kweneng District
Population: 54561
Elevation: 1189
Time zone: Central Africa Time
Capital of: Kweneng District
Image: MolepololeMall.jpg
Dialing code: 5

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Commons category: Molepolole
inception: 1937-00-00
P12749: Daniel Morgan

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Molepolole” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.