{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} <!-- Infobox begins --> {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Tlokweng |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = Posh |settlement_type = Village |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = Tlokweng Border Post |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map =Botswana <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Botswana]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Districts of Botswana|District]] |subdivision_name1 = [[South-East District (Botswana)|South-East District]] |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = Kgosi Gaborone |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2011 |population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-42&srt=pnan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&srt=1pnan|title=2011 census|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130111114808/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-42&srt=pnan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&srt=1pnan|archivedate=2013-01-11}}</ref> |population_note = |population_total = 35982 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone = GMT +2 |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|24|40|S|25|58|E|region:BW|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> |elevation_m = 1002 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]] |blank_info = [[Semi-arid climate#Hot semi-arid climates|BSh]] |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} <!-- Infobox ends -->

'''Tlokweng''' is a peri-urban settlement classified as an urban village located east of the capital of [[Botswana]], [[Gaborone]] and falling under the jurisdiction of South East District Council. It can be considered part of the conurbation of [[Gaborone]]. Tlokweng stands on the other side of the river, and is on the road to the border with [[South Africa]], the border post being just 15&nbsp;km to the east. The population was 35,982 at the 2011 census. It is now part of Gaborone agglomeration, home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census. The tribe originating from Tlokweng is referred to as [[Batlokwa]]. Many people from across Botswana have come to seek permanent and sometimes temporary settlement in Tlokweng because of its proximity to the capital city where most jobs are.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/html/census/dist20_30_31.html | title=Distribution of population by sex by villages and their associated localities: 2001 population and housing census | accessdate = 2008-02-04 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071124145459/http://www.cso.gov.bw/html/census/dist20_30_31.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-11-24}}</ref>

According to Asperen<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Asperen|first=P. van|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vm7YBAAAQBAJ&dq=tlokweng&pg=PA177|title=Evaluation of Innovative Land Tools in Sub-Saharan Africa: Three Cases from a Peri-Urban Context|date=2014-09-17|publisher=IOS Press|isbn=978-1-61499-444-2|language=en}}</ref> the settlement of Tlokweng has a dual spatial structure with a traditional unplanned area and a modern planned area. Tlokweng is surrounded by grazing and arable land use under tribal and freehold tenure.<ref name=":0"/>

==In literature== One of the main characters in ''[[The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency]]'' series of novels by [[Alexander McCall Smith]] is associated with Tlokweng. The protagonist, [[Precious Ramotswe|Mma Precious Ramotswe]], marries [[Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni]], born and raised in Tlokweng. J.L.B. Matekoni is the proprietor of a garage in Gaborone named "Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors".

==Notable people== *[[Renei Batlokwa]] *[[Louis Goodwill Nchindo]]

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