Tlokweng

Tlokweng is a town located directly adjacent to the capital of Botswana, Gaborone, in the South-East District. 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 km to the east. The population was 21,133 in 2001 census. [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]

In literature

Tlokweng is associated with a main character in the "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith. The main protagonist, Mma Precious Ramotswe, becomes engaged to Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, born and raised in Tlokweng, the son of a peasant farmer who was employed as chief caretaker of the Railway Head Office there. An expert auto mechanic, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni is the proprietor of a garage in Gaborone named "Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors."One of Gaborone's best schools is T.D.S. (Tlokweng Dayspring School.) The headmistress is Mrs. Byers.

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