Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality
District municipality in Free State, South Africa
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Seal
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Location of Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality within Free State
List
- Setsoto
- Dihlabeng
- Maluti-a-Phofung
- Nketoana
- Phumelela
- Mantsopa
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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
Geography
Neighbours
Thabo Mofutsanyana is surrounded by:
- Fezile Dabi to the north (DC20)
- Lejweleputswa to the west (DC18)
- Gert Sibande in Mpumalanga to the north-east (DC30)
- Amajuba in Kwa-Zulu Natal to the east (DC25)
- Uthukela to the south-east (DC23)
- The kingdom of Lesotho to the south
- Mangaung Metro to the south-west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language |
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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% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2011 census.
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
Gender | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Female | 393 068 | 53.39% |
Male | 343 170 | 46.61% |
Ethnic group
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% |
Politics
Election results
Election results for Thabo Mofutsanyana in the 2019 South African general election.
- Registered voters: 398 412
- Total votes: 242 241
- Voting turnout: 60.8%
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% |
References
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
External links
- Official website
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Municipalities of the Free State
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and local
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Lejweleputswa | |
Thabo Mofutsanyana | |
Fezile Dabi |