Dihlabeng Local Municipality

Dihlabeng
Official seal of Dihlabeng
Location in the Free State
Location in the Free State
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictThabo Mofutsanyana
SeatBethlehem
Wards20
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
Area
 • Total4,880 km2 (1,880 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total128,704
 • Density26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African87.4%
 • Coloured1.5%
 • Indian/Asian0.5%
 • White10.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Sotho77.5%
 • Afrikaans11.9%
 • Zulu4.8%
 • English2.4%
 • Other3.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS192

Dihlabeng Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Dihlabeng; Afrikaans: Dihlabeng Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. It was established after the first general local government elections on 5 December 2000, which heralded the final phase of local government reform as envisaged in 1994 at the onset of the process of democratisation and the end of apartheid. The seat is Bethlehem.

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