Thabo_Mofutsanyana_District_Municipality

Thabo Mofutsanyane
Thabo Mofutsanyane
District municipality
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	Location of Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality within Free State
	Coordinates: 28°32′S 28°49′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
Seat	Phuthaditjhaba
Local municipalities	List Setsoto; Dihlabeng; Maluti-a-Phofung; Nketoana; Phumelela; Mantsopa;
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Connie Msibi (ANC)
Area
• Total	33,269 km2 (12,845 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	736,238
• Density	22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	93.8%
• Coloured	0.8%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	4.8%
First languages (2011)
• Sotho	78.5%
• Zulu	10.4%
• Afrikaans	6.0%
• English	2.0%
• Other	3.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC19

Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality

District municipality in Free State, South Africa

The Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa Thabo Mofutsanyana; Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda iThabo Mofutsanyana) is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat is Witsieshoek. As of 2011, a majority of its 725,932 residents spoke Sesotho. The district code is DC19

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"Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

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"Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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"Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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Local municipality	Population	%	Dominant language
Maluti-a-Phofung	335 784	45.61%	Sotho
Dihlabeng	128 704	17.48%	Sotho
Setsoto	112 597	15.29%	Sotho
Nketoana	60 324	8.19%	Sotho
Mantsopa	51 056	6.93%	Sotho
Phumelela	47 772	6.49%	Zulu
Golden Gate Highlands National Park	1	0.01%

Language	Population	%
Sesotho	570 076	78.55%
IsiZulu	75 410	10.39%
Afrikaans	43 226	5.96%
English	14 646	2.02%
IsiXhosa	4 106	0.57%
Setswana	2 380	0.33%
IsiNdebele	1 595	0.22%
Sepedi	761	0.10%
Xitsonga	429	0.06%
SiSwati	323	0.04%
Tshivenda	224	0.03%

Gender	Population	%
Female	393 068	53.39%
Male	343 170	46.61%

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	690 340	93.77%
White	35 517	4.82%
Coloured	6 188	0.84%
Indian/Asian	2 881	0.39%

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	163 473	68.6%
Democratic Alliance	30 562	12.8%
Economic Freedom Fighters	26 805	11.3%
Freedom Front Plus	5 537	2.3%
African Transformation Movement	2 516	1.1%
African Content Movement	1 106	0.5%
African Independent Congress	1 085	0.5%
Congress of the People	930	0.4%
African Christian Democratic Party	813	0.3%
Other parties	9 414	2.2%
Total	242 241	100.00%

Thabo_Mofutsanyana_District_Municipality

Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality

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