Mokala National Park | |
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Location | Northern Cape, South Africa |
Nearest city | Kimberley |
Coordinates | 29°10′S 24°21′E / 29.167°S 24.350°E |
Area | 196.11 km2 (75.72 sq mi) |
Established | 19 June 2007 |
Governing body | South African National Parks |
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Mokala National Park is a reserve established in the Plooysburg area south-west of Kimberley in the Northern Cape, South Africa on 19 June 2007.[1] The size of the park is 26,485 hectares. Mokala is the Setswana name for the magnificent camel thorn, a tree species typical of the arid western interior and common in the area. There is currently 70 km of accessible roads in the national park.