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Infographic: Local government in the Free State

Local government in the Free State is organised into five major municipalities. One is metropolitan, and the other four district municipalities. The districts are further divided into 19 local municipalities.

The Free State is divided into five major municipalities.

One is the metropolitan municipality of Mangaung, which has the city of Bloemfontein as its seat.

The other four – larger, more rural regions – are district municipalities.

The province also has 19 smaller local municipalities, each falling under one of the four district municipalities.

Free State: Metropolitan and district municipalities

Name Type Seat Area Population Density
Administrative
centre
Square kilometres Number
of people
People per square kilometre
Mangaung Metropolitan Bloemfontein 9,886 787,803 80
Fezile Dabi District Sasolburg 20,668 494,777 24
Lejweleputswa District Welkom 32,287 646,920 20
Thabo Mofutsanyana District Phuthaditjhaba 32,734 779,330 24
Xhariep District Trompsburg 34,250 125,884 4

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Data source: Statistics South Africa’s 2016 Community Survey
Thanks and credit to Htonl, who makes public-funded data available to the public and creates maps of South Africa you can’t find anywhere else.

Researched, written and designed by Mary Alexander.
Updated 10 June 2018.