Mmadinare
| Mmadinare | |
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 Mmadinare
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| Coordinates: 21°52′29″S 27°44′59″E / 21.8746°S 27.7496°ECoordinates: 21°52′29″S 27°44′59″E / 21.8746°S 27.7496°E | |
| Country | Botswana |
| District | Central District |
| Time zone | Central Africa Time (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+2) |
Mmadinare is a village that is located in the Central District of Botswana, 15 kilometers from Selibe Phikwe. The village is slowly growing into a town, with a population estimate of about 13 000 (estimates from the 2004 census) people of different tribes including Bangwato, Batalaote, Babirwa, and others. Mmadinare is located in the center of hills; like other villages in Southern Africa it was started during wars and hills were used as a form of protection from enemies, as they were able to see them from a distance.
Motloutse River passes on the northern part of the village called, which supplies the Letsibogo Dam with water, on its way to Shashe River down further east. The river is partly depleted as a result of sand mining by the copper mine in Selibe Phikwe, which gets sand from the river to wash their copper ores.
The area also has a high potential for tourism and wildlife resources, as there are lots of animals in the surrounding areas especially elephants that give the locals lots of trouble especially during drought season. They go around destroying people's crops and properties and sometimes lives are lost in the process.
The village was founded around 1900 by the Batalaote when they gave up the settlement of Phalapye. Batalaote settled and lived near the Makome hill and occupied the Kelele and Seboo wards. Those from South Africa settled and stayed near Maretemagolo hill and formed Manga and Matabi wards. The royal families of Kelele and Seboo were burnished out of Mmadinare in 1908 by the colonial administration. They latter settled in Senyawe according to village elders and historians.
The people of Mmadinare prefer a very quiet life and low profile lifestyle and like their customs and traditions like eating traditional food (mabele) while at the same time trying to develop into a small town without losing its past as it gets a major influence from the neighbor town of Selibe Phikwe.
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