Dekar
Dekar, alternatively D'kar, is a village in Ghanzi District of Botswana. It is located 40 km to the east of the district capital, Ghanzi. The population was 943 in the 2001 census. It was a farm of the Gereformeerde Church, but later evolved into a rural village after being donated to the Naro. The village is governed by the Dutch Reformed Church, which is made up of San leaders in Dekar. A tar road runs 1 km from it, but there is no tar road in the village itself, only a gravel road. This small village also houses Kuru, a San initiative. It has a shop where handcrafted San articles can be bought. The money is then used to help the Kalahari people. Dekar also houses a school and a clinic. About 15 to 20 km outside Dekar there is a game farm on the road to Ghanzi.
Dekar is the closest populated place to the antipode of Honolulu, Hawai‘i. It’s nearly perfectly antipodal to the town of Wahiawā, Hawai‘i.
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Dekar is the closest populated place to the antipode of Honolulu, Hawai‘i. It’s nearly perfectly antipodal to the town of Wahiawā, Hawai‘i.
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Map - Dekar
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Country - Botswana
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A country of slightly over 2.3 million people, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. About 11.6 percent of the population lives in the capital and largest city, Gaborone. Formerly one of the world's poorest countries—with a GDP per capita of about US$70 per year in the late 1960s—it has since transformed itself into an upper-middle-income country, with one of the world's fastest-growing economies.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| BWP | Botswana pula | P | 2 |
| ISO | Language |
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| EN | English language |
| TN | Tswana language |