# Lejweleputswa District Municipality

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".

## Neighbours

Lejweleputswa is surrounded by:
* Dr Kenneth Kaunda in North West to the north (DC40)
* Fezile Dabi to the north-east (DC20)
* Thabo Mofutsanyane to the south-east (DC19)
* Mangaung Metro to the south
* Xhariep to the south-west (DC16)
* Frances Baard in Northern Cape to the west (DC9)
* Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati in North West to the north-west (DC39)

## Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
| Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language |
| Matjhabeng | 408 156 | 62.12% | Sotho |
| Nala | 98 264 | 14.96% | Sotho |
| Masilonyana | 64 402 | 9.80% | Sotho |
| Tswelopele | 53 713 | 8.18% | Sotho |
| Tokologo | 32 455 | 4.94% | Tswana |

## Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
| Language | Population | % |
| Sotho | 403 866 | 61.47% |
| Xhosa | 99 455 | 15.14% |
| Afrikaans | 66 418 | 10.11% |
| Tswana | 50 835 | 7.74% |
| Zulu | 11 051 | 1.68% |
| English | 7 981 | 1.21% |
| Tsonga | 6 371 | 0.97% |
| Ndebele | 4 283 | 0.65% |
| Swati | 2 369 | 0.36% |
| Other | 2 141 | 0.33% |
| Northern Sotho | 1 666 | 0.25% |
| Venda | 554 | 0.08% |

### Gender

| Gender | Population | % |
| Female | 335 378 | 51.05% |
| Male | 321 641 | 48.95% |

### Ethnic group

| Ethnic group | Population | % |
| Black African | 586 657 | 89.29% |
| White | 56 640 | 8.62% |
| Coloured | 13 179 | 2.01% |
| Indian/Asian | 543 | 0.08% |

### Age

| Age | Population | % |
| 000 - 004 | 62 795 | 9.56% |
| 005 - 009 | 63 350 | 9.64% |
| 010 - 014 | 70 582 | 10.74% |
| 015 - 019 | 70 068 | 10.66% |
| 020 - 024 | 59 737 | 9.09% |
| 025 - 029 | 55 793 | 8.49% |
| 030 - 034 | 53 328 | 8.12% |
| 035 - 039 | 54 193 | 8.25% |
| 040 - 044 | 46 564 | 7.09% |
| 045 - 049 | 36 013 | 5.48% |
| 050 - 054 | 25 801 | 3.93% |
| 055 - 059 | 17 994 | 2.74% |
| 060 - 064 | 14 175 | 2.16% |
| 065 - 069 | 10 978 | 1.67% |
| 070 - 074 | 6 841 | 1.04% |
| 075 - 079 | 3 991 | 0.61% |
| 080 - 084 | 3 014 | 0.46% |
| 085 - 089 | 1 111 | 0.17% |
| 090 - 094 | 432 | 0.07% |
| 095 - 099 | 171 | 0.03% |
| 100 plus | 88 | 0.01% |

## Politics
### Election results

Election results for Lejweleputswa in the South African general election, 2004.
* Population 18 and over: 418 466 [63.69% of total population]
* Total votes: 234 060 [35.62% of total population]
* Voting % estimate: 55.93% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| African National Congress | 195 970 | 83.73% |
| Democratic Alliance | 20 043 | 8.56% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 3 774 | 1.61% |
| United Democratic Movement | 3 016 | 1.29% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 2 806 | 1.20% |
| Pan African Congress | 2 387 | 1.02% |
| New National Party | 1 779 | 0.76% |
| Inkhata Freedom Party | 947 | 0.40% |
| Independent Democrats | 903 | 0.39% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 816 | 0.35% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 432 | 0.18% |
| SOPA | 283 | 0.12% |
| NA | 195 | 0.08% |
| CDP | 132 | 0.06% |
| EMSA | 131 | 0.06% |
| UF | 125 | 0.05% |
| PJC | 111 | 0.05% |
| TOP | 79 | 0.03% |
| KISS | 50 | 0.02% |
| NLP | 42 | 0.02% |
| Minority Front | 39 | 0.02% |
| Total | 234 060 | 100.00% |