Palapye
Sign in to savePalapye is a growing town in Botswana, situated about halfway between Francistown and Gaborone ( from Francistown and from Gaborone). Over the years its position has made it a convenient stopover on one of Southern Africa's principal north–south rail and road routes.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Palapye
- Settlement.nickname
- PY/Sphalabanyana/ Playtown
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- Palapye1987.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
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- Palapye in 1987
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- Botswana
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- bottom
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- Location of Palapye in Botswana
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- Country
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- 25px Botswana
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- District
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- Central District
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- Sub-District
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- Serowe/Palapye
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- Member of Parliament (MP)
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- Onneetse Ramogapi Preceded by member of Parliament (MP) Moiseraele Master Goya
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- Chief
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- Martha Lebang preceded by Chief Keetla Masogo
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Infrastructure and developments
- Sport
- Education
- University
- Transport
- Road
- Rail
- Air
- Tourist attractions
- References
- External links
Palapye is a growing town in Botswana, situated about halfway between Francistown and Gaborone ( from Francistown and from Gaborone). Over the years its position has made it a convenient stopover on one of Southern Africa's principal north–south rail and road routes.
Located here is the Morupule Colliery, which supplies Morupule Power Station, Botswana's principal domestic source of electricity. The power station has undertaken an expansion project to increase its generation capacity in an effort to meet the country's increasing demand for electricity. Construction began in 2010. , Morupule A plant produces 132 MW of electricity, while Morupule B produces 600 MW.