25:
354:
32:
99:
event is held in Mapoka every year at a special place called Gumbu. The dancers, called "wosana", dress in black clothes, don black and white beads, and they dance to Mwali (God) pleading for rain. Like all the villages in North East when it comes to the festive season, the village comes to life. All
114:
There is one primary school and one secondary school in the village. Mapoka
Primary School is famous nationally for being one of the oldest in the country and for having educated some of the country's most prominent figures. Past graduates of the school include Botswana's former chief justice
103:
Football is a major spectacle in the village, generating money for the whole village - however, this is typically an end of the year activity where a few local teams are engaged in soccer tournaments.
152:
136:
148:
164:
Mapoka village is also home to
Batanani Junior Secondary School. This school has boarding facilities and takes students from several nearby villages.
116:
140:
61:
395:
69:
155:
111:
There is a local police station, a clinic with maternity ward, a post office and several small scale retail/general dealer stores.
65:
199:
419:
181:
200:"Distribution of population by sex by villages and their associated localities: 2001 population and housing census"
388:
53:
40:
269:
24:
414:
157:. In 2006, the school celebrated 106 years of existence in a ceremony officiated by the country's president
315:
100:
working professionals who are based in the cities use the holidays to visit their parents and families.
381:
132:
255:
88:.These paintings are found in caves in the Dalale hills that stretch from Nlaphwane to Plumtree in
144:
234:
242:
8:
230:
124:
182:"Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos"
369:
203:
365:
120:
408:
330:
317:
128:
85:
226:
158:
185:
353:
96:
72:. The 2001 population and housing census put its population at 1,540.
361:
89:
81:
57:
291:
227:"The Rain Praying Music of the Bakalanga of Botswana and Zimbabwe"
106:
406:
389:
396:
382:
107:Civil society - Schools and infrastructure
292:"Prof Tabulawa is UB Dean of Education"
224:
407:
75:
348:
13:
80:Mapoka has a wealth of unexplored
14:
431:
84:similar to the ones found in the
352:
225:Phibion, Otukile (1 June 2013).
30:
23:
60:. Its neighboring villages are
284:
272:. Botswana Press Agency (BOPA)
262:
218:
192:
174:
147:academics including Professor
131:who co-founded the opposition
31:
1:
296:University of Botswana – News
167:
368:. You can help Knowledge by
7:
10:
436:
347:
52:is a small village in the
270:"Mogae praises community"
420:Botswana geography stubs
153:Badala Tachilisa Balule
133:Botswana People's Party
119:, government ministers
364:location article is a
250:Cite journal requires
145:University of Botswana
137:Milenje City Kealotswe
415:Villages in Botswana
41:class=notpageimage|
327: /
206:on 24 November 2007
188:on 27 October 2009.
76:History and culture
54:North-East District
16:Village in Botswana
377:
376:
331:20.533°S 27.583°E
229:. Rochester, NY.
97:rain making dance
427:
398:
391:
384:
356:
349:
342:
341:
339:
338:
337:
332:
328:
325:
324:
323:
320:
307:
306:
304:
302:
288:
282:
281:
279:
277:
266:
260:
259:
253:
248:
246:
238:
222:
216:
215:
213:
211:
202:. Archived from
196:
190:
189:
184:. Archived from
178:
149:Richard Tabulawa
125:Phandu Skelemani
34:
33:
27:
435:
434:
430:
429:
428:
426:
425:
424:
405:
404:
403:
402:
345:
336:-20.533; 27.583
335:
333:
329:
326:
321:
318:
316:
314:
313:
311:
310:
300:
298:
290:
289:
285:
275:
273:
268:
267:
263:
251:
249:
240:
239:
223:
219:
209:
207:
198:
197:
193:
180:
179:
175:
170:
143:and a score of
109:
78:
47:
46:
45:
43:
37:
36:
35:
17:
12:
11:
5:
433:
423:
422:
417:
401:
400:
393:
386:
378:
375:
374:
357:
309:
308:
283:
261:
252:|journal=
217:
191:
172:
171:
169:
166:
121:Charles Tibone
117:Julian Nganunu
108:
105:
82:rock paintings
77:
74:
39:
38:
29:
28:
22:
21:
20:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
432:
421:
418:
416:
413:
412:
410:
399:
394:
392:
387:
385:
380:
379:
373:
371:
367:
363:
358:
355:
351:
350:
346:
343:
340:
297:
293:
287:
271:
265:
257:
244:
236:
232:
228:
221:
205:
201:
195:
187:
183:
177:
173:
165:
162:
160:
156:
154:
150:
146:
142:
141:Josia Moswela
138:
134:
130:
129:Knight Maripe
126:
122:
118:
112:
104:
101:
98:
93:
91:
87:
86:Tsodilo Hills
83:
73:
71:
67:
63:
59:
55:
51:
42:
26:
19:
370:expanding it
359:
344:
312:
299:. Retrieved
295:
286:
274:. Retrieved
264:
243:cite journal
220:
208:. Retrieved
204:the original
194:
186:the original
176:
163:
159:Festus Mogae
113:
110:
102:
94:
79:
49:
48:
18:
334: /
127:, the late
409:Categories
276:8 December
210:8 December
168:References
62:Nlapkhwane
151:, and Dr
70:Masukwane
362:Botswana
301:13 April
90:Zimbabwe
58:Botswana
322:27°35′E
319:20°32′S
235:2868278
233:
68:, and
66:Moroka
50:Mapoka
44:Mapoka
360:This
366:stub
303:2012
278:2007
256:help
231:SSRN
212:2007
123:and
56:of
411::
294:.
247::
245:}}
241:{{
161:.
139:,
135:,
95:A
92:.
64:,
397:e
390:t
383:v
372:.
305:.
280:.
258:)
254:(
237:.
214:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.