List of municipalities in the Free State
Appearance
The
district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into eighteen local municipalities
.
In the following map, the district and metropolitan municipalities are labelled in capital letters and shaded in various different colours.
District and metropolitan municipalities
Name | Code | Seat | Area (km²)[1] |
Population (2016)[2] |
Pop. density (per km²) | |
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Fezile Dabi District Municipality | DC20 | Sasolburg | 20,668 | 494,777 | 23.9 | |
Lejweleputswa District Municipality | DC18 | Welkom | 32,287 | 646,920 | 20.0 | |
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality | MAN | Bloemfontein | 9,886 | 787,803 | 79.7 | |
Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality | DC19 | Phuthaditjhaba | 32,734 | 779,330 | 23.8 | |
Xhariep District Municipality | DC16 | Trompsburg | 34,250 | 125,884 | 3.7 |
Local government municipalities
Name | Code | District | Seat | Area (km²)[1] |
Population (2016)[2] |
Pop. density (per km²) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dihlabeng Local Municipality | FS192 | Thabo Mofutsanyana | Bethlehem
|
4,868 | 140,044 | 28.8 | |
Kopanong Local Municipality | FS162 | Xhariep | Trompsburg | 15,645 | 49,999 | 3.2 | |
Letsemeng Local Municipality | FS161 | Xhariep | Koffiefontein | 9,828 | 40,044 | 4.1 | |
Mafube Local Municipality | FS205 | Fezile Dabi | Frankfort | 3,971 | 57,574 | 14.5 | |
Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality | FS194 | Thabo Mofutsanyana | Phuthaditjhaba | 4,338 | 353,452 | 81.5 | |
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality | MAN | Bloemfontein | 9,886 | 787,803 | 79.7 | ||
Mantsopa Local Municipality | FS196 | Thabo Mofutsanyana | Ladybrand | 4,291 | 53,525 | 12.5 | |
Masilonyana Local Municipality | FS181 | Lejweleputswa | Theunissen | 6,618 | 62,770 | 9.5 | |
Matjhabeng Local Municipality | FS184 | Lejweleputswa | Welkom | 5,690 | 429,113 | 75.4 | |
Metsimaholo Local Municipality | FS204 | Fezile Dabi | Sasolburg | 1,717 | 163,564 | 95.3 | |
Mohokare Local Municipality | FS163 | Xhariep | Zastron | 8,776 | 35,840 | 4.1 | |
Moqhaka Local Municipality | FS201 | Fezile Dabi | Kroonstad | 7,925 | 154,732 | 19.5 | |
Nala Local Municipality | FS185 | Lejweleputswa | Bothaville | 4,129 | 78,515 | 19.0 | |
Ngwathe Local Municipality | FS203 | Fezile Dabi | Parys | 7,055 | 118,907 | 16.9 | |
Nketoana Local Municipality | FS193 | Thabo Mofutsanyana | Reitz | 5,611 | 64,893 | 11.6 | |
Phumelela Local Municipality | FS195 | Thabo Mofutsanyana | Vrede | 8,196 | 50,054 | 6.1 | |
Setsoto Local Municipality | FS191 | Thabo Mofutsanyana | Ficksburg | 5,431 | 117,362 | 21.6 | |
Tokologo Local Municipality | FS182 | Lejweleputswa | Boshof | 9,326 | 29,149 | 3.1 | |
Tswelopele Local Municipality | FS183 | Lejweleputswa | Bultfontein | 6,524 | 47,373 | 7.3 |
Former municipalities
These municipalities have been dissolved since the current system of local government was established in 2000.
Name | Code | Dissolved | Fate |
---|---|---|---|
Motheo District Municipality | DC17 | 18 May 2011 | Part became Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, other parts annexed by Xhariep and Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipalities |
Naledi Local Municipality | FS164 | 3 August 2016 | Annexed by Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality |
References
- ^ a b "2016 Boundaries". Municipal Demarcation Board (Shapefile). 2016.
- ^ a b "Community Survey 2016". Statistics South Africa (Data file). 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2017.