Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality

Mangaung

Bloemfontein
Mangaung Bloemfontein
Metropolitan municipality
	Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality
	Seal
	Location in the Free State
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
Seat	Bloemfontein
Wards	51
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Gregory Nthatisi
Area
• Total	6,284 km2 (2,426 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	1,011,112
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	83.3%
• Coloured	5.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	11.0%
First languages (2011)
• Sotho	53.3%
• Afrikaans	16.2%
• Tswana	12.6%
• Xhosa	9.9%
• Other	8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	MAN

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The Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality (Sotho: Masepala o Moholo wa Mangaung; Zulu: UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseMangawunge; Afrikaans: Mangaung Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Toropokgolo ya Mangaung; Xhosa: uMasipala oMbaxa wase Mangaung) is a metropolitan municipality which governs Bloemfontein and surrounding towns in the Free State province of South Africa. Mangaung is a Sesotho word meaning "place of cheetahs", as it was not uncommon for the Basotho to name warrior regiments after ferocious animals.

Before the municipal elections of 18 May 2011, Mangaung was a local municipality within the Motheo District Municipality.^[3] In the municipal elections held on 1 November 2021, the African National Congress won 51 out of 100 seats on the Metro Council, while the Democratic Alliance won 26 seats and the Economic Freedom Fighters won 12 seats.

^ "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.
^ "Buffalo City, Mangaung categorised Metros". BuaNews. Government Communication and Information Service. 9 December 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2011-03-23.

[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.

[3] "Buffalo City, Mangaung categorised Metros". BuaNews. Government Communication and Information Service. 9 December 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2011-03-23.

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