| Macleantown | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -32.79°N 27.744°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Cape |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Buffalo City |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.94 |
| Population Total: | 580 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 85.5% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 0.3% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.3% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 13.6% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 0.2% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Xhosa |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 77.6% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | English |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 15.2% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 4.3% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 2.9% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 5280 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 043 |
Macleantown is a town in Buffalo City in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Village 34 km north-west of East London and 46 km south-east of Stutterheim on the N6 road. Named in April 1881 after Colonel John Maclean (1810-1874), Chief Commissioner of British Caffraria from 1852 and Lieutenant-Governor of that territory from March 1860 to December 1864.[2]