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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Lenyenye
| pushpin_map             = South Africa Limpopo#South Africa
| coordinates             = {{coord|23.972|S|30.269|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[South Africa]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Limpopo]]
| subdivision_type2       = District
| subdivision_name2       = [[Mopani District Municipality|Mopani]]
| subdivision_type3       = Municipality
| subdivision_name3       = [[Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality|Greater Tzaneen]]
| subdivision_type4       = Main Place
| established_title       = Established
| leader_title            = Justice Ramodipa
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/962054 |title = Main Place Lenyenye |work=Census 2011}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 8.81
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="census2011" />
| population_total        = 12099
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_density_km2  = auto
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->
| demographics_type1      = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" />
| demographics1_title1    = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]]
| demographics1_info1     = 99.2%
| demographics1_title2    = [[Coloureds|Coloured]]
| demographics1_info2     = 0.2%
| demographics1_title3    = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]]
| demographics1_info3     = 0.3%
| demographics1_title4    = [[White South African|White]]
| demographics1_info4     = 0.1%
| demographics1_title5    = Other
| demographics1_info5     = 0.1%
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->
| demographics_type2      = [[First language]]s (2011)
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" />
| demographics2_title2    = [[Sotho language|Northern Sotho]]
| demographics2_info2     = 95.6%
| demographics2_title3    = [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]]
| demographics2_info3     = 2.7%
| demographics2_title4    = [[Zulu language|Tshivenda]]
| demographics2_info4     = 0,70%
| demographics2_title5    = Other
| demographics2_info5     = 1%
<!-- blank fields (section 2) -->
<!-- Other information -->
| timezone1               = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]]
| utc_offset1             = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street)
| postal_code             = 0857
| postal2_code_type       = [[Post-office box|PO box]]
| postal2_code            = 0857
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]]
| area_code               = 015
}}
'''Lenyenye''' is a township in the [[Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality]] of the [[Mopani District Municipality]] in the [[Limpopo]] province of [[South Africa]]. Lenyenye named after small river run on west of the township, the original name of Lenyenye township is Ramalema. It is located about 20&nbsp;km southeast of the town of Tzaneen. The neighbouring township of [[Nkowankowa]] lies directly north of Lenyenye. It is the home of Bakgaga. The prominent dialectal language that is spoken there is Sekgaga sa ga Maake.
The township is best known as the place where the academic/politician [[Mamphela Ramphele]] was banished to under the apartheid regime and lived during the period from 1977 to 1984.
==References==
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{{Mopani District Municipality}}
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[[Category:Populated places in the Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality]]
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