Fezile Dabi
Northern Free State | |
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Coordinates: 26°49′S 27°49′E / 26.817°S 27.817°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
Seat | Sasolburg |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Jonas Ramokhoase (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 20,668 km2 (7,980 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 527,788 |
• Density | 26/km2 (66/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2021) | |
• Black African | 85.28% |
• Coloured | 2.06% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.49 |
• White | 12.17% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Sotho | 67.3% |
• Afrikaans | 13.8% |
• Xhosa | 6.0% |
• Zulu | 5.6% |
• Other | 7.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC20 |
The Fezile Dabi District Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa Fezile Dabi; Afrikaans: Fezile Dabi-distriktsmunisipaliteit), formerly known as the Northern Free State District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat is Sasolburg. As of 2011, a majority of its 460,289 residents spoke Sesotho. The district code is DC20.