Lejweleputswa (Sesotho word meaning "Grey rock" in English) is one of the 5 districts of Free State province of South Africa. The seat of Lejweleputswa is Welkom. The majority of its 657 019 people speak Sotho (2001 Census). The district code is DC18.
Lejweleputswa | |
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District municipality | |
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![]() Location of Lejweleputswa District Municipality within Free State | |
Coordinates: 27°58′S 26°44′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
Seat | Welkom |
Local municipalities | List
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Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Sebenzile Ngangelizwe |
Area | |
• Total | 31,930 km2 (12,330 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• 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 |
Lejweleputswa is surrounded by:
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipality | Population | % |
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Matjhabeng | 408 156 | 62.12% |
Nala | 98 264 | 14.96% |
Masilonyana | 64 402 | 9.80% |
Tswelopele | 53 713 | 8.18% |
Tokologo | 32 455 | 4.94% |
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Language | Population | % |
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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 | Population | % |
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Female | 335 378 | 51.05% |
Male | 321 641 | 48.95% |
Ethnic group | Population | % |
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Black African | 586 657 | 89.29% |
White | 56 640 | 8.62% |
Coloured | 13 179 | 2.01% |
Indian/Asian | 543 | 0.08% |
Age | Population | % |
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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% |
Election results for Lejweleputswa in the South African general election, 2004.
Party | Votes | % |
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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% |
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