马哈拉佩是博茨瓦纳东部的城镇，由中部区负责管辖，位于喀拉哈里沙漠边缘，距离首都哈博罗内200公里和第二大城市弗朗西斯敦250公里，海拔高度900米，2001年人口43,538。

Not to be confused with the similarly sounding Palapye, another town in Botswana

Mahalapye is a town located in the Central District of Botswana. The town has about 41,000 inhabitants and is situated along the main road between the capital Gaborone and the second largest city Francistown. Mahalapye has a bus station, a railway station, a couple of hotels and a market area with many shops and fastfood restaurants. It also has several petrol stations, some open 24 hours per day. Being situated on the edge of the Kalahari desert it is quite dry, and the local waterways are dry except during the rainy season. In recent times, it has become a convenient stop-over town for travellers travelling to and from Gaborone.