Makaleng
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Makaleng is a village in the North-East district of Botswana, roughly 60 km from Francistown.
The three major ethnic groups in Makaleng are the Bakalang Bakwena and the Bakhurutshe. According to Botswana's 2011 census, Makaleng had a population of 1117, in 297 households.[1] Statistics Botswana projected that Makaleng's population would have grown to 1488 by 2020, with 43,9% of the population male and 56,1% female.[2]
Makaleng has a sub police station and small clinic which also serves as a supplies centre for surrounding villages, including Sechele, Mambo, Masingwaneng, Botalaote,Toteng and Matenge. The village has a preschool, a primary school and a community junior school, which admits students from the aforementioned villages.[3]
Makaleng inhabitants are mostly subsistence farmers.
The village has several tuck shops, a fresh produce store and a night club which cater for the whole of North East . There is also a kgotla, where all village meetings are conducted.
References
[edit]- ^ "Poverty Of Botswana, 2015 - Botswana Data Portal". botswana.opendataforafrica.org. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "CITIES/TOWNS AND VILLAGES Projections 2020" (PDF). November 2020. p. 22.
- ^ "2001 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS" (PDF). December 2005. p. 192. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
20°54′S 27°17′E / 20.900°S 27.283°E
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