Letlhakeng or Lethakeng is an urban village in

Kweneng District Kweneng is one of the districts of Botswana and is the recent historical homeland of the Bakwena people, the first group in Botswana converted to Christianity by famed missionary David Livingstone. Various landmarks, including Livingstone's Cave, ...

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kal ...

. The village is located 75 km north-west of

Molepolole Molepolole is a large village in Kweneng District, Botswana. The people who reside in Molepolole are called Bakwena, who are one of the eight major tribes in Botswana. The Bakwena Kgosi (Chief), Sebele I was among the three chiefs who went to ...

. The population of Letlhakeng was 7,229 in the 2011 census. The majority of the people of Letlhakeng are considered part of the Bakwena tribe, which is administered from the kgotla in

. However, aside from the Bakwena version of standard

Setswana Tswana, also known by its native name , and previously spelled Sechuana in English, is a Bantu language spoken in Southern Africa by about 8.2 million people. It belongs to the Bantu language family within the Sotho-Tswana branch of Zone ...

(known as Se-kwena), many people speak a version of Se-Kgalagadi - a language distinct from but related to Setswana. Letlhakeng houses a secondary school (Mphuthe Community Secondary) which moved into new buildings in 2008 following relocation from a previous site prone to subsidence. A clinic serves the community as well as three primary schools and a number of local government offices. Until 2005, the tarred roads ended at the village centre and onward journeys were seasonally interrupted due to the gravel or sand roads. However, it is now possible to travel to most neighbouring villages without difficulty following a major road building programme. There are three schools in Letlhakeng being; *Letlhakeng Primary School *Gothibamang Primary School *Mphuthe Junior Secondary School

Notable people

Eric Molebatsi Eric Molebatsi is a Botswanan former footballer. He hails from the Letlhakeng sub-district of Botswana and was active up till 2011. Between 2002 and 2004, he also played for the Botswana national football team. Playing career Molebatsi began ...

, Botswanan former footballer

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There are 8 wards in the village. Namely Legononong,Shageng,Molehele,Goo Modimo,Goo Moiphisi,Goo Ratshosa,Mokwele and Ralebakeng.Historically the village was named after long reeds that were found along the long stream that tranves the village. Kweneng District Villages in Botswana {{botswana-geo-stub

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