Tlokoeng

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Tlokoeng

| native_name = Mount Fletcher

| pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|30.692|S|28.503|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Eastern Cape

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Joe Gqabi

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Elundini

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/286074 |title = Main Place Mount Fletcher |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 9.23

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 11488

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 99.0%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 0.1%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 0.3%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 =

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 0.5%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Hlubi

| demographics2_info1 = 70.5%

| demographics2_title2 = Sotho

| demographics2_info2 = 32.2%

| demographics2_title3 = Xhosa

| demographics2_info3 = 5.9%

| demographics2_title4 = English

| demographics2_info4 = 1.8%

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 3.6%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code =

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 4770

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 039

}}

Tlokoeng, formerly Mount Fletcher,{{Cite web |date=14 April 2024 |title=85 towns hit with name changes in South Africa – and more are on the way |url=https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/766851/85-towns-hit-with-name-changes-in-south-africa-and-more-on-the-way/ |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=BusinessTech}} is a town in Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, 69 km north-north-east of Maclear. It is a birthplace of both political activities Epainette Mbeki and Oscar Mpetha.

Founded in 1882, Mount Fletcher takes its name from the mountain nearby. This was probably named after the Reverend John Fletcher of Madeley in England, a friend of John Wesley, although it is stated to have been named after a Captain Fletcher who was stationed there.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=318}}

In 2022, the town was officially renamed Tlokoeng, which "means place of the Tlokoa clan" in Sesotho. {{Cite web |last=HALLEBACH |first=Peter |title=travelnews.africa - South Africa has renamed 17 locations in the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga |url=https://travelnews.africa/news-single.html?id=9359&title=South+Africa+has+renamed+17+locations+in+the+Eastern+Cape+and+Mpumalanga |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=travelnews.africa |language=en}} The provincial hospital in Tlokoeng is named Tayler Bequest.{{cite web |url=http://www.ecdoh.gov.za/hospitals/57/Tayler_Bequest_Hospital |title=Eastern Cape Department of Health - HOSPITALS & HEALTHCARE - Tayler Bequest Hospital |accessdate=2013-05-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021212809/http://www.ecdoh.gov.za/hospitals/57/Tayler_Bequest_Hospital |archivedate=2013-10-21 }} Eastern Cape Dept of Health website