Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality
Maluti-a-Phofung
ThabaDimahlwa | |
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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) | |
• 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. The population is almost entirely Basotho. 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.