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Shakawe
Sign in to savethumb|Shakawe with runway (top left) and Okavango River (right) Shakawe is a village located in the northwest corner of Botswana at the beginning of the Okavango Delta, close to Namibia and Angola. Shakawe is awakening from its former status as a sleepy little outpost on the Okavango. For travellers, Shakawe means a Botswana entry or exit stamp or a staging post for a visit to the Tsodilo Hills, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, 40 km away. For Southern African holiday-makers, it is most often the start of a fishing trip in the Okavango Panhandle. It also provides access to the Caprivi Strip.
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Place details
- Locality
- Shakawe
- Region
- North-West District
- Country
- Botswana
- Population
- 10,589
- Timezone
- Africa/Gaborone
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Botswana
- Located in
- North-West District
- Population
- +6693
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Main Street, Shakawe - panoramio.jpg
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Article
3 sectionsContents
- Infrastructure
- Demographics
- References
thumb|Shakawe with runway (top left) and Okavango River (right) Shakawe is a village located in the northwest corner of Botswana at the beginning of the Okavango Delta, close to Namibia and Angola. Shakawe is awakening from its former status as a sleepy little outpost on the Okavango. For travellers, Shakawe means a Botswana entry or exit stamp or a staging post for a visit to the Tsodilo Hills, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, 40 km away. For Southern African holiday-makers, it is most often the start of a fishing trip in the Okavango Panhandle. It also provides access to the Caprivi Strip. The record high temperature ever registered in Shakawe was . The lowest temperature registered in Shakawe was .
== Infrastructure == thumb|A Tented Lodge at Okavango River near Shakawe (2017) The village is served by Shakawe Airport. It is the gateway to the northern part of the Okavango Delta and the Linyanti area. Direct charter flights are operated to the aerodrome, with the main airline in the area being AirShakawe. Flight is the most efficient form of transport in the area.