Machaneng

{{Short description|Village in Botswana}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Location map|Botswana|lat=-23.18904|long=27.48839|caption=Location of Machaneng}} '''Machaneng''' is a village in Central District of Botswana. It is {{convert|11|km}} from the Limpopo river and the border with South Africa, {{convert|80|km}} east of Mahalapye. The population was 2,050 in 2001 census.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/html/census/dist51.html |title=Distribution of population by sex by villages and their associated localities: 2001 population and housing census |accessdate=2008-01-13 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124145556/http://www.cso.gov.bw/html/census/dist51.html |archivedate=2007-11-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Botswana Prison Service (BPS) operates the Machaneng Prison.<ref name=Prisons>"[http://www.gov.bw/Global/Prisons%20and%20rehabilitation%5B1%5D.pdf Prisons and Rehabilitation]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131122211101/http://www.gov.bw/Global/Prisons%20and%20rehabilitation%5b1%5d.pdf Archive]) Government of Botswana. Retrieved on 26 March 2013.</ref>

It is served by Machaneng Airport.

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Category:Populated places in the Central District (Botswana) Category:Villages in Botswana