Francistown is the second largest urban centre of Botswana and is strategically placed as the gateway to the north with main roads leading to Gaborone, Zimbabwe and Kasane. The town (officially declared as a city now) is located on the confluence of the Tati and Inchwe Rivers and near the Shashe River (which is a tributary to the Limpopo). As once the centre of Southern Africa's first gold rush, Francistown is surrounded by old and abandoned mines as well as newer existing ones. Tourists travelling to different destinations of Botswana have a choice of several Lodges and Hotels that can provide stopover accommodation. There are also a few malls or shopping centres, one of the biggest hospitals in Botswana, a railway line that links the city with Harare (the capital city of Zimbabwe) and a domestic airport with two runways located two kilometers from the city.