Fezile Dabi District Municipality

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Fezile Dabi
Northern Free State
District municipality
Fezile Dabi CoA.png
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Location of Fezile Dabi District Municipality within Free State
Coordinates: 26°49′S27°49′E / 26.817°S 27.817°E / -26.817; 27.817
Country South Africa
Province Free State
Seat Sasolburg
Local municipalities
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Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Jonas Ramokhoase (ANC)
Area
 • Total20,668 km2 (7,980 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
 • Total527,788
 • Density26/km2 (66/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2021)
[2]
 •  Black African 85.28%
 •  Coloured 2.06%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.49
 •  White 12.17%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Sotho 67.3%
 •  Afrikaans 13.8%
 •  Xhosa 6.0%
 •  Zulu 5.6%
 • Other7.3%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC20

The Fezile Dabi District Municipality (Sotho : Masepala wa Setereke wa Fezile Dabi; Afrikaans : Fezile Dabi-distriktsmunisipaliteit), formerly known as the Northern Free State District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat is Sasolburg. As of 2011, a majority of its 460,289 residents spoke Sesotho. The district code is DC20.

Contents

Geography

Neighbours

Northern Free State is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant language
Moqhaka 167 88636.47% Sotho
Ngwathe 118 82025.81%Sotho
Metsimaholo 115 96425.19%Sotho
Mafube 57 63712.52%Sotho

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

LanguagePopulation%
Sesotho 312 96267.99%
Afrikaans 62 43013.56%
IsiXhosa 34 8887.58%
IsiZulu 31 2296.78%
Setswana 6 1211.33%
English 4 7491.03%
Sepedi 2 6280.57%
SiSwati 1 5370.33%
IsiNdebele 1 2430.27%
Xitsonga 1 2410.27%
Other 7570.16%
Tshivenda 5220.11%

Sex

GenderPopulation%
Female233 92150.82%
Male226 36849.18%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African394 51985.71%
White56 09412.19%
Coloured9 1741.99%
Indian/Asian5020.11%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 00441 5589.03%
005 - 00943 9719.55%
010 - 01449 98410.86%
015 - 01951 06211.09%
020 - 02442 6069.26%
025 - 02939 1248.50%
030 - 03434 8677.58%
035 - 03932 4967.06%
040 - 04428 3016.15%
045 - 04924 1715.25%
050 - 05419 6014.26%
055 - 05914 9153.24%
060 - 06412 0492.62%
065 - 0699 5772.08%
070 - 0747 0591.53%
075 - 0794 1190.89%
080 - 0842 9220.63%
085 - 0891 2490.27%
090 - 0944690.10%
095 - 0991320.03%
100 plus570.01%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Northern Free State in the South African general election, 2004.

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 146 69180.23%
Democratic Alliance 20 39511.15%
Freedom Front Plus 4 2102.30%
United Democratic Movement 2 3261.27%
African Christian Democratic Party 2 2651.24%
New National Party 1 5110.83%
Pan African Congress 1 4490.79%
Independent Democrats 1 0970.60%
Azanian People's Organisation 8940.49%
Inkhata Freedom Party 7490.41%
United Christian Democratic Party 3010.16%
SOPA 2030.11%
NA 1670.09%
CDP 1260.07%
EMSA 1090.06%
PJC 940.05%
UF 840.05%
TOP 600.03%
KISS 350.02%
NLP 340.02%
Minority Front 330.02%
Total182 833100.00%

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References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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