Ramatlabama (Botswana)

Ramatlabama
Ramatlabama
Coordinates	25 ° 38 ′  S , 25 ° 33 ′  E Coordinates: 25 ° 38 ′  S , 25 ° 33 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Botswana
District	South East District
height	1291 m
Residents	1230 (2015)

Ramatlabama is a place in the South East District in Botswana . It lies on the border between Botswana and South Africa and is known for the border crossing of the same name.

geography

The scattered settlement of Ramatlabama is about 1000 meters west of the border crossing. There are more houses immediately to the west and east of the Botswana border station. In 2015 the place had around 1230 inhabitants. The border crossing is also called Ramatlabama on the South African side, but the town with around 2000 inhabitants is called Miga . The dry river Ramatlabama leads from South Africa coming in Ramatlabama the limit and runs from there as a border river towards the west and on to the Molopo .

history

In 1895 Leander Jameson launched his Jameson Raid , an attempted coup in the South African Republic (CAR), from Ramatlabama. The railway line on which Ramatlabama is located was built around 1900 during the Second Boer War . For the warring British, Ramatlabama was of great importance as a border town to the ZAR, as it was in the British Bechuanaland , while the Mafeking base a little to the south belonged to the Cape Colony , which did not allow troops against the Boers .

Until 1994 Ramatlabama was the border station to Bophuthatswana , which then became part of South Africa.

Economy and Infrastructure

At the border crossing, a road runs parallel in a north-south direction, which is known as A1 in Botswana and National Route 18 in South Africa , as well as a railway line that connects Cape Town in South Africa with Bulawayo in Zimbabwe (see also: Rail transport in Botswana ). Trains do not stop near the border on the Botswana side.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ramatlabama: Population botswana.opendataforafrica.org (English), accessed on December 2, 2018
2. ^ Robert Baden-Powell , Mario Sica (Ed.): Playing the Game: A Baden-Powell Compendium. Pan Macmillan, London 2013, ISBN 9780330538282 . Excerpts from books.google.de