Lejweleputswa District Municipality

Lejweleputswa
Lejweleputswa
District municipality
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	Location of Lejweleputswa District Municipality within Free State
	Coordinates: 27°58′S 26°44′E / 27.967°S 26.733°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
Seat	Welkom
Local municipalities	List Masilonyana; Tokologo; Tswelopele; Matjhabeng; Nala;
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Sebenzile Ngangelizwe
Area
• Total	31,930 km2 (12,330 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	627,626
• Density	20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	88.9%
• Coloured	1.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	8.6%
First languages (2011)
• Sotho	62.2%
• Xhosa	12.2%
• Afrikaans	11.3%
• Tswana	5.9%
• Other	8.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC18

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".

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

[muni_mayor-1] "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

[muni_population-2] "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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