Makwane
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Coordinates: 28°32′56″S 28°52′41″E / 28.549°S 28.878°E / -28.549; 28.878
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Thabo Mofutsanyane
Municipality	Maluti-a-Phofung
Area [1]
• Total	11.78 km2 (4.55 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	18,550
• Density	1,575/km2 (4,078/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.7%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Sotho	90.8%
• Zulu	4.8%
• Sign language	1.5%
• Other	2.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

Makwane is a village in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.

It is the original hometown of the Free State Stars, which were established in 1977 as the Makwane Computer Stars.^[2]

In 2014, Sasol established an Integrated Energy Centre in the Makwane, to provide the community with energy services and other amenities.^[3] Makwane consists of metsimatsho, phahameng, comet, molapo sekgutlong, tebang and matshekgeng.

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