Africa
Southern Africa
Lesotho

Khatse

Katse is a tiny village in the Lesotho Highlands. It is near and gives its name to the Katse Dam, a huge manmade reservoir built to sell water to neighbouring South Africa.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Katse Dam and Katse Botanical Gardens.

Museum
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The , a concrete arch dam on the Malibamatšo River in , is Africa's second largest double-curvature arch dam after the in Ethiopia.

Garden
is a centre for Alpine flora in Katse village, . The gardens were created as a result of plant rescue missions to mitigate the impact of the , particularly spiral aloes.

Khatse

Latitude
-29.335° or 29° 20′ 6″ south
Longitude
28.487° or 28° 29′ 13″ east
Open location code
5G2CMF7P+XQ
Wiki­data ID
Q14220716
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Satellite Map

Discover Khatse from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Khatse”. Photo: Kentstander, CC BY 2.5.