Orapa
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- Locality
- Orapa
- Region
- Central District
- Country
- Botswana
- Population
- 8,648
- Timezone
- Africa/Gaborone
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- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Botswana
- Located in
- Central District
- Elevation
- 981
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
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- Orapa diamond mine
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thumb|right|225px|Location of Orapa in Botswana
Orapa is a town located in the Central District of Botswana. It is the site of the Orapa diamond mine, the largest diamond-producing mine in the world, and is considered to be the diamond capital of the country. Nearby is another kimberlite mine owned by Lucara Diamond, thought to have very large reserves of diamonds.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orapa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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