Makaleng

Makaleng is a village in the North-East district of Botswana, roughly 60 km from Francistown.

The two major ethnic groups in Makaleng are the Bakalang 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 small clinic which also serves as a supplies centre for surrounding villages, including Sechele, Mambo, Masingwaneng, 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 called 'if not y not'. There is also a kgotla, where all village meetings are conducted and a drinking spot called Bakhurutshe, owned by the late local councillor and banker Kopano Cobra Chingapani's family.