Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality

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Thabo Mofutsanyane
District municipality
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Location of Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality within Free State
Coordinates: 28°32′S28°49′E / 28.533°S 28.817°E / -28.533; 28.817
Country South Africa
Province Free State
Seat Phuthaditjhaba
Local municipalities
List
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorConnie Msibi (ANC)
Area
 • Total
33,269 km2 (12,845 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total
736,238
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 93.8%
 •  Coloured 0.8%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.4%
 •  White 4.8%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Sotho 78.5%
 •  Zulu 10.4%
 •  Afrikaans 6.0%
 •  English 2.0%
 • Other3.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC19

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

Contents

Geography

Neighbours

Thabo Mofutsanyana is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant language
Maluti-a-Phofung 335 78445.61% Sotho
Dihlabeng 128 70417.48%Sotho
Setsoto 112 59715.29%Sotho
Nketoana 60 3248.19%Sotho
Mantsopa 51 0566.93%Sotho
Phumelela 47 7726.49% Zulu
Golden Gate Highlands National Park 10.01%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

LanguagePopulation%
Sesotho 570 07678.55%
IsiZulu 75 41010.39%
Afrikaans 43 2265.96%
English 14 6462.02%
IsiXhosa 4 1060.57%
Setswana 2 3800.33%
IsiNdebele 1 5950.22%
Sepedi 7610.10%
Xitsonga 4290.06%
SiSwati 3230.04%
Tshivenda 2240.03%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female393 06853.39%
Male343 17046.61%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African690 34093.77%
White35 5174.82%
Coloured6 1880.84%
Indian/Asian2 8810.39%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Thabo Mofutsanyana in the 2019 South African general election.

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 163 47368.6%
Democratic Alliance 30 56212.8%
Economic Freedom Fighters 26 80511.3%
Freedom Front Plus 5 5372.3%
African Transformation Movement 2 5161.1%
African Content Movement 1 1060.5%
African Independent Congress 1 0850.5%
Congress of the People 9300.4%
African Christian Democratic Party 8130.3%
Other parties9 4142.2%
Total242 241100.00%

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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