Dinokwe

Dinokwe (Palla Road) is a village located in the Central District of Botswana. The town has about 1,200 inhabitants (2001 census) and is situated along the main road between the capital Gaborone and the second largest city Francistown. Dinokwe has a cattle railway station. The underground water reserves of Botswana are at Dinokwe. Before the construction of North side carrier project, it was supplying Mahalapye (population 43.289 - (2011))[1] with water.

Being situated on the edge of the Kalahari desert it is quite dry, and the local waterways are dry except during the rainy season. In recent times, the largest coal reserves in Southern Africa has been found appr 15 km from Dinokwe.

References

  1. ↑ "2011 Botswana Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-08.

Coordinates: 23°26′S 26°41′E / 23.433°S 26.683°E / -23.433; 26.683

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