Thibela

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Thibela
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Thibela
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Thibela
Coordinates: 28°38′58″S28°51′27″E / 28.6495°S 28.8576°E / -28.6495; 28.8576 Coordinates: 28°38′58″S28°51′27″E / 28.6495°S 28.8576°E / -28.6495; 28.8576
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Thabo Mofutsanyane
Municipality Maluti-a-Phofung
  Councillor(ANC)
Area
[1]
  Total0.76 km2 (0.29 sq mi)
Population
(2011) [1]
  Total459
  Density600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 100.0%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   Sotho 89.1%
   Afrikaans 4.4%
   Zulu 3.5%
   English 3.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Area code 058

Thibela is a rural village of Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality, Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.

Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality Local municipality in Free State, South Africa

Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District of the Free State in South Africa. It encompasses substantially all of the former bantustan of QwaQwa, except for the small enclave at Botshabelo. The population is almost entirely Southern Sotho. The municipality is named after the Drakensberg mountains. The peak in Qwaqwa is known as the Sentinel, which is called "Phofung" in Sesotho.

Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality District municipality in Free State, South Africa

Thabo Mofutsanyana is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat of Thabo Mofutsanyana is Witsieshoek. The majority of its 725 932 people speak Sesotho. The district code is DC19

Free State (province) Province of South Africa

The Free State is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Boer republic called Orange Free State and later Orange Free State Province.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Thibela". Census 2011.