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.{{Cite web|title=Poverty Of Botswana, 2015 - Botswana Data Portal|url=https://botswana.opendataforafrica.org/POOB2015/poverty-of-botswana-2015?village=1001980-makaleng|access-date=2021-08-01|website=botswana.opendataforafrica.org}} 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.{{Cite web|date=November 2020|title=CITIES/TOWNS AND VILLAGES Projections 2020|url=https://www.statsbots.org.bw/sites/default/files/publications/Cities%2CTowns%20and%20Villages%20Projections%202020.pdf|page=22}}

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.{{Cite web|date=December 2005|title=2001 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS|url=https://www.statsbots.org.bw/sites/default/files/publications/Guide_to_the_Villages_of_Botswana.pdf|access-date=1 August 2021|page=192}}

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.