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The entry is geolocated on the map in BW, across 3 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Selebi-Phikwe is referenced by 166 other articles, and connects out to South Africa, Botswana and copper.
It is catalogued under topics including Mining communities in Africa, Mining in Botswana and Populated places in the Central District (Botswana).
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
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cached 14h agoPlace details
- Region
- Central District
- Country
- Botswana
- Population
- 42,488
- Timezone
- Africa/Gaborone
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Selebi-Phikwe
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:BCL old train Monument in Selibe-Phikwe.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Train monument in Selebi-Phikwe
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag_of_Selebi_Phikwe.png
- Settlement.mapsize1
- l
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Botswana
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Central
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 42488
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- Central Africa Time
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- not observed
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +2
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Selebi-Phikwe
- Country
- Botswana
- Located in
- Central District
- Population
- 49724
- Elevation
- 878
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
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- native label
- Selebi-Phikwe
- P12749
- Willy Brandt
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Mining
- Government and infrastructure
- Energy
- Amenities and tourism
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Selebi-Phikwe (also spelt Selibe Phikwe) is a mining town located in the Central District of Botswana. It had a population of 42,488 in 2022. The town is an administrative district, separate from the surrounding Central District.
== Mining == Nickel mining commenced in 1973 and has been the main activity since. The complex includes a mine and a smelter. All operations are now deep mining. Originally there were two tiny places called Selebi and Phikwe, which straddled a large undiscovered deposit of copper and nickel in the area. When the mineral wealth of the area was discovered in the 1960s a mine and a township were built in the woodland between the places with the combined name of Selebi-Phikwe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Selebi-Phikwe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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