Back Maluti-a-Phofung Plaaslike Munisipaliteit Afrikaans Maluti a Phofung CEB Maluti-A-Phofung Local Municipality German Municipalità locale di Maluti a Phofung Italian Maluti a Phofung Dutch Maluti a Phofung Komunie, Sud Afrika NOV Maluti-a-Phofung Mmusogae NSO Maluti a Phofung Polish Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality Zulu
Maluti-a-Phofung
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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 | Malekula Melato (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,338 km2 (1,675 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 398,459 |
| • Density | 92/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 97.9% |
| • Coloured | 0.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 1.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • 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.[4][5] The population is almost entirely Basotho.[5] 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.[6]
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- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
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- ^ South African Languages - Place names