History
The Bamangwato people, under Khama III, are widely believed to be the first people to have settled down near present-day Palapye. There, at the western end of the Tswapong Hills, the settlement of Phalatswe, also called Old Palapye, was the capital of these people in the early part of the 20th century. The ruins of Phalatswe still stand today, a few kilometres away from the town centre.
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