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Lejweleputswa District Municipality

Coordinates: 27°58′S 26°44′E / 27.967°S 26.733°E / -27.967; 26.733
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Lejweleputswa
Official seal of Lejweleputswa
Location of Lejweleputswa District Municipality within Free State
Location of Lejweleputswa District Municipality within Free State
Coordinates: 27°58′S 26°44′E / 27.967°S 26.733°E / -27.967; 26.733
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
SeatWelkom
Local municipalities
Government
 • TypeMunicipal 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)
 • Black African88.9%
 • Coloured1.9%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White8.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Sotho62.2%
 • Xhosa12.2%
 • Afrikaans11.3%
 • Tswana5.9%
 • Other8.4%
Time zoneUTC+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".

Neighbours

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Lejweleputswa is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

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The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population % Dominant language
Matjhabeng 408 156 62.12% Sotho
Nala 98 264 14.96% Sotho
Masilonyana 64 402 9.80% Sotho
Tswelopele 53 713 8.18% Sotho
Tokologo 32 455 4.94% Tswana

Demographics

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The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language Population %
Sotho 403 866 61.47%
Xhosa 99 455 15.14%
Afrikaans 66 418 10.11%
Tswana 50 835 7.74%
Zulu 11 051 1.68%
English 7 981 1.21%
Tsonga 6 371 0.97%
Ndebele 4 283 0.65%
Swati 2 369 0.36%
Other 2 141 0.33%
Northern Sotho 1 666 0.25%
Venda 554 0.08%

Gender

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Gender Population %
Female 335 378 51.05%
Male 321 641 48.95%

Ethnic group

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Ethnic group Population %
Black African 586 657 89.29%
White 56 640 8.62%
Coloured 13 179 2.01%
Indian/Asian 543 0.08%

Age

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Age Population %
000 - 004 62 795 9.56%
005 - 009 63 350 9.64%
010 - 014 70 582 10.74%
015 - 019 70 068 10.66%
020 - 024 59 737 9.09%
025 - 029 55 793 8.49%
030 - 034 53 328 8.12%
035 - 039 54 193 8.25%
040 - 044 46 564 7.09%
045 - 049 36 013 5.48%
050 - 054 25 801 3.93%
055 - 059 17 994 2.74%
060 - 064 14 175 2.16%
065 - 069 10 978 1.67%
070 - 074 6 841 1.04%
075 - 079 3 991 0.61%
080 - 084 3 014 0.46%
085 - 089 1 111 0.17%
090 - 094 432 0.07%
095 - 099 171 0.03%
100 plus 88 0.01%

Politics

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Election results

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

  • Population 18 and over: 418 466 [63.69% of total population]
  • Total votes: 234 060 [35.62% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 55.93% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes %
African National Congress 195 970 83.73%
Democratic Alliance 20 043 8.56%
Freedom Front Plus 3 774 1.61%
United Democratic Movement 3 016 1.29%
African Christian Democratic Party 2 806 1.20%
Pan African Congress 2 387 1.02%
New National Party 1 779 0.76%
Inkhata Freedom Party 947 0.40%
Independent Democrats 903 0.39%
Azanian People's Organisation 816 0.35%
United Christian Democratic Party 432 0.18%
SOPA 283 0.12%
NA 195 0.08%
CDP 132 0.06%
EMSA 131 0.06%
UF 125 0.05%
PJC 111 0.05%
TOP 79 0.03%
KISS 50 0.02%
NLP 42 0.02%
Minority Front 39 0.02%
Total 234 060 100.00%

References

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