Palapye

Palapye

22°33′S 27°08′E / -22.55, 27.133

L'axe routier principal (1987)

Palapye est une ville du Botswana, située dans le District central, entre Gaborone, la capitale, et Francistown.

Les vestiges de Phalatswe (également appelée « Old Palapye »), l'ancienne capitale des Bamangwatos, se trouvent à une vingtaine de kilomètres de l'actuelle Palapye.

Palapye comptait 26 293 habitants lors du recensement de 2001[1].

Notes

  1. (en) Population of towns, villages and associated localities, Central Statistics Office (Botswana), avril 2002, p. 64 [1]

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

  • (en) Lowe Borjeson et Paul J. Lane, Preliminary archaeological investigations at Phalatswe (Old Palapye), in Nyame akuma (Edmonton), no 45, juin 1996, p. 2-10
  • (en) Nonofho Mathibidi, « Phalatswe : a 19th century Ngwato capital », in Zebra's voice (Gaborone), 25 (1), 1998, p. 19-20
  • (en) Segakweng Seisa, « David Manowe, Palapye's self-taught sculptor », in Zebra's voice (Gaborone), 12 (3) 1985, p. 19-21
  • (en) O. J. Van Straten, The Morapule coalfield, Palapye area, Geological Survey Department, Lobatsi, Bechuanaland Protectorate, 1959, 50 p.
  • (en) Hans Christian Vorting, « Old Palapye : the deserted capital », , in Lekgapho : Khama III Memorial Museum review (Serowe), vol. 1, 1988-89, p. 34-39

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