Back Lejweleputswa-distriksmunisipaliteit Afrikaans Lejweleputswa District Municipality CEB Lejweleputswa German Distrito Municipal de Lejweleputswa Spanish Lejweleputswa ringkond Estonian Distrik Lejweleputswa ID Municipalità distrettuale di Lejweleputswa Italian Lejweleputswa Dutch Lejweleputswa NOV Mmasepala Setereke tša Lejweleputswa NSO
Lejweleputswa | |
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.svg) Location of Lejweleputswa District Municipality within Free State | |
| Coordinates: 27°58′S 26°44′E / 27.967°S 26.733°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| Seat | Welkom |
| Local municipalities | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Veronica Ntakumbana |
| 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 |
The Lejweleputswa District Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa Lejweleputswa; Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Lejweleputswa; Afrikaans: Lejweleputswa-distriksmunisipaliteit) is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Welkom. As of 2011, a majority of its 657,019 residents speak Sotho. The district code is DC18. Lejweleputswa is a Sesotho word meaning "grey rock".
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.