Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality
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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
Thabo Mofutsanyane | |
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Coordinates: 28°32′S 28°49′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
Seat | Phuthaditjhaba |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Connie Msibi (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 33,269 km2 (12,845 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 736,238 |
• Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 93.8% |
• Coloured | 0.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 4.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Sotho | 78.5% |
• Zulu | 10.4% |
• Afrikaans | 6.0% |
• English | 2.0% |
• Other | 3.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC19 |
Thabo Mofutsanyana is surrounded by:
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% |
The following statistics are from the 2011 census.
Gender | Population | % |
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Female | 393 068 | 53.39% |
Male | 343 170 | 46.61% |
Ethnic group | Population | % |
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Black African | 690 340 | 93.77% |
White | 35 517 | 4.82% |
Coloured | 6 188 | 0.84% |
Indian/Asian | 2 881 | 0.39% |
Election results for Thabo Mofutsanyana in the 2019 South African general election.
Party | Votes | % |
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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% |