Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park Gemsbok National Park
Location	Kgalagadi District, Botswana / Northern Cape, South Africa
Nearest city	Upington
Coordinates	25°46′S 20°23′E / 25.767°S 20.383°E / -25.767; 20.383
Area	38,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi)
Established	31 July 1931 (Kalahari Gemsbok National Park) 12 May 2000 (Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park)
Governing body	Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Botswana) / South African National Parks
www.sanparks.org/parks/kgalagadi/

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is a large wildlife preserve and conservation area in southern Africa.

The park straddles the border between South Africa and Botswana and comprises two adjoining national parks:

• Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa
• Gemsbok National Park in Botswana

The park's total area is 38,000 square kilometres (15,000 sq mi). Approximately three-quarters of the park lies in Botswana and one-quarter in South Africa. Kgalagadi means "place of thirst."^[1] In December 2015, media reports claimed that rights for gas-fracking in more than half of the Botswana portion of the park had been sold.^[2] The Botswana government later refuted these reports.^[3]