The Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality (; ) is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat is Witsieshoek. As of 2011, a majority of its 725,932 residents spoke Sesotho. The district code is DC19
Geography Neighbours Thabo Mofutsanyana is surrounded by: Fezile Dabi to the north (DC20) Lejweleputswa to the west (DC18) Gert Sibande in Mpumalanga to the north-east (DC30) Amajuba in Kwa-Zulu Natal to the east (DC25) Uthukela to the south-east (DC23) The kingdom of Lesotho to the south Mangaung Metro to the south-west
Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant languageMaluti-a-Phofung 335 784 45.61%SothoDihlabeng 128 704 17.48%SothoSetsoto 112 597 15.29%SothoNketoana 60 324 8.19%SothoMantsopa 51 056 6.93%SothoPhumelela 47 772 6.49%ZuluGolden Gate Highlands National Park 1 0.01%
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2011 census.
LanguagePopulation%Sesotho 570 076 78.55%IsiZulu 75 410 10.39%Afrikaans 43 226 5.96%English 14 646 2.02%IsiXhosa 4 106 0.57%Setswana 2 380 0.33%IsiNdebele 1 595 0.22%Sepedi 761 0.10%Xitsonga 429 0.06%SiSwati 323 0.04%Tshivenda 224 0.03%
Gender GenderPopulation%Female 393 068 53.39%Male 343 170 46.61%
Ethnic group Ethnic groupPopulation%Black African 690 340 93.77%White 35 517 4.82%Coloured 6 188 0.84%Indian/Asian 2 881 0.39%
Politics Election results Election results for Thabo Mofutsanyana in the 2019 South African general election. Registered voters: 398 412 Total votes: 242 241 Voting turnout: 60.8% PartyVotes%African National Congress 163 473 68.6% Democratic Alliance 30 562 12.8% Economic Freedom Fighters 26 805 11.3% Freedom Front Plus 5 537 2.3% African Transformation Movement 2 516 1.1% African Content Movement 1 106 0.5% African Independent Congress 1 085 0.5% Congress of the People 930 0.4% African Christian Democratic Party 813 0.3% Other parties 9 414 2.2%Total 242 241 100.00%
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