Maluti-a-Phofung
ThabaDimahlwa | |
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.svg) Location in the Free State | |
| Coordinates: 28°33′04″S 29°04′48″E / 28.55111°S 29.08000°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Thabo Mofutsanyane |
| Seat | Phuthaditjhaba |
| Wards | 35 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Gilbert Mokotso (MAP16) |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,338 km2 (1,675 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 335,784 |
| • Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 98.2% |
| • Coloured | 0.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 1.3% |
| First languages (2022) | |
| • Sotho | 52.5% |
| • Zulu | 40.8% |
| • Afrikaans | 2.0% |
| • English | 1.5% |
| • Other | 3.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | FS194 |
Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Maluti-a-Phofung; Zulu: UMasipala wase Maluti-a-Phofung) is a local municipality within the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. It encompasses substantially all of the former bantustan of QwaQwa, except for the small enclave at Botshabelo.[3][4] The population is almost entirely Basotho.[4] The municipality is named after the Drakensberg mountains (known as Maluti in Sesotho). The peak is known as the Sentinel, which is called Phofung in Sesotho.[5]
- ^ "Office Of The Executive Mayor". Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Payne, Teigue (18 August 2011). "Lots of factories, no jobs". Mail and Guardian. Johannesburg. Archived from the original on 8 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Southern Sotho". Global Security. 2000. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ South African Languages - Place names