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Tswelopele Local Municipality

Tswelopele
Local municipality
Official seal of Tswelopele
Seal
Location in the Free State
Location in the Free State
Coordinates: 28°17′27″S 26°09′00″E / 28.29083°S 26.15000°E / -28.29083; 26.15000
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictLejweleputswa
SeatBultfontein
Wards8
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorRosy Phukuntse
Area
 • Total6,524 km2 (2,519 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total47,625
 • Density7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African91.2%
 • Coloured1.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White6.9%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Sotho54.0%
 • Xhosa19.9%
 • Tswana12.0%
 • Afrikaans8.3%
 • Other5.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS183

Tswelopele Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Tswelopele; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Tswelopele; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Tswelopele) is a local municipality within the Lejweleputswa District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Tswelopele is a Sesotho word meaning "progress".[4]

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

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