Ramokgwebana
Ramokgwebana is a village in the North-East District of Botswana, close to the eastern border, which is defined by the Ramokgwebana River. Plumtree, Zimbabwe is on the other side of the border crossing.[1]
Ramokgwebana | |
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Village | |
  Ramokgwebana | |
| Coordinates: 20.588177°S 27.651233°E | |
| Country | Botswana |
| District | North East District |
| Ward | Ditladi ward |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (Central Africa Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (not observed) |
| Climate | BSh |
The village is connected to Francistown to the south by an 80 kilometres (50 mi) road surfaced in bitumen that was completed by Sinohydro Corporation in 2012.[2] Ramokgwebana lies at the northern end of the only railway line in Botswana, which runs from Ramatlabama on the South African border north through Lobatse, Gaborone, Pilane, Mahalapye, Palapye, Serule, and Francistown. Trains once ran along this line from Johannesburg to Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, but that service no longer operates.[3]
In May 2011 another outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was reported in the Ramokgwebana area, a month after an outbreak was reported in Matsiloje, another village on the Zimbabwe border.[4]
References
Citations
- Murphy et al. 2010, p. 116.
- Nkani 2012.
- Murphy et al. 2010, p. 121.
- Ngwanaamotho 2011.
Sources
- Murphy, Alan; Armstrong, Kate; Bainbridge, James; Firestone, Matthew D. (11 March 2010). Southern Africa. Lonely Planet. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-74059-545-2. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- Ngwanaamotho, Maranyane (31 May 2011). "FMD outbreak in Ramokgwebana". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- Nkani, Tendani Portia (25 April 2012). "Francistown-Ramokgwebana road costs rise by 10%". The Botswana Gazette. Retrieved 24 September 2012.