Lejweleputswa District Municipality

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Lejweleputswa
District municipality
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Location of Lejweleputswa District Municipality within Free State
Coordinates: 27°58′S26°44′E / 27.967°S 26.733°E / -27.967; 26.733
Country South Africa
Province Free State
Seat Welkom
Local municipalities
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Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorVeronica Ntakumbana
Area
 • Total
31,930 km2 (12,330 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total
627,626
 • Density20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 88.9%
 •  Coloured 1.9%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.4%
 •  White 8.6%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Sotho 62.2%
 •  Xhosa 12.2%
 •  Afrikaans 11.3%
 •  Tswana 5.9%
 • Other8.4%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC18

The Lejweleputswa District Municipality (Sotho : Masepala wa Setereke wa Lejweleputswa; Xhosa : uMasipala weSithili sase Lejweleputswa; Afrikaans : Lejweleputswa-distriksmunisipaliteit) is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Welkom. As of 2011, a majority of its 657,019 residents speak Sotho. The district code is DC18. Lejweleputswa is a Sesotho word meaning "grey rock".

Contents

Neighbours

Lejweleputswa is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant language
Matjhabeng 408 15662.12% Sotho
Nala 98 26414.96%Sotho
Masilonyana 64 4029.80%Sotho
Tswelopele 53 7138.18%Sotho
Tokologo 32 4554.94% Tswana

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

LanguagePopulation%
Sotho 403 86661.47%
Xhosa 99 45515.14%
Afrikaans 66 41810.11%
Tswana 50 8357.74%
Zulu 11 0511.68%
English 7 9811.21%
Tsonga 6 3710.97%
Ndebele 4 2830.65%
Swati 2 3690.36%
Other 2 1410.33%
Northern Sotho 1 6660.25%
Venda 5540.08%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female335 37851.05%
Male321 64148.95%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African586 65789.29%
White56 6408.62%
Coloured13 1792.01%
Indian/Asian5430.08%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 00462 7959.56%
005 - 00963 3509.64%
010 - 01470 58210.74%
015 - 01970 06810.66%
020 - 02459 7379.09%
025 - 02955 7938.49%
030 - 03453 3288.12%
035 - 03954 1938.25%
040 - 04446 5647.09%
045 - 04936 0135.48%
050 - 05425 8013.93%
055 - 05917 9942.74%
060 - 06414 1752.16%
065 - 06910 9781.67%
070 - 0746 8411.04%
075 - 0793 9910.61%
080 - 0843 0140.46%
085 - 0891 1110.17%
090 - 0944320.07%
095 - 0991710.03%
100 plus880.01%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Lejweleputswa in the South African general election, 2004.

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 195 97083.73%
Democratic Alliance 20 0438.56%
Freedom Front Plus 3 7741.61%
United Democratic Movement 3 0161.29%
African Christian Democratic Party 2 8061.20%
Pan African Congress 2 3871.02%
New National Party 1 7790.76%
Inkhata Freedom Party 9470.40%
Independent Democrats 9030.39%
Azanian People's Organisation 8160.35%
United Christian Democratic Party 4320.18%
SOPA 2830.12%
NA 1950.08%
CDP 1320.06%
EMSA 1310.06%
UF 1250.05%
PJC 1110.05%
TOP 790.03%
KISS 500.02%
NLP 420.02%
Minority Front 390.02%
Total234 060100.00%

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