# List of municipalities in the Free State

The Free State province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into one metropolitan municipality (Mangaung) and four district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into eighteen local municipalities.
In the following map, the district and metropolitan municipalities are labelled in capital letters and shaded in various different colours.

## District and metropolitan municipalities

| Name | Code | Seat | Area (km²) | Population (2016) | Pop. density (per km²) |
| Fezile Dabi District Municipality | DC20 | Sasolburg | 20,668 | 494,777 | 23.9 |
| Lejweleputswa District Municipality | DC18 | Welkom | 32,287 | 646,920 | 20.0 |
| Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality | MAN | Bloemfontein | 9,886 | 787,803 | 79.7 |
| Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality | DC19 | Phuthaditjhaba | 32,734 | 779,330 | 23.8 |
| Xhariep District Municipality | DC16 | Trompsburg | 34,250 | 125,884 | 3.7 |

## Local government municipalities

| Name | Code | District | Seat | Area (km²) | Population (2016) | Pop. density (per km²) |
| Dihlabeng Local Municipality | FS192 | Thabo Mofutsanyana | Bethlehem | 4,868 | 140,044 | 28.8 |
| Kopanong Local Municipality | FS162 | Xhariep | Trompsburg | 15,645 | 49,999 | 3.2 |
| Letsemeng Local Municipality | FS161 | Xhariep | Koffiefontein | 9,828 | 40,044 | 4.1 |
| Mafube Local Municipality | FS205 | Fezile Dabi | Frankfort | 3,971 | 57,574 | 14.5 |
| Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality | FS194 | Thabo Mofutsanyana | Phuthaditjhaba | 4,338 | 353,452 | 81.5 |
| Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality | MAN | | Bloemfontein | 9,886 | 787,803 | 79.7 |
| Mantsopa Local Municipality | FS196 | Thabo Mofutsanyana | Ladybrand | 4,291 | 53,525 | 12.5 |
| Masilonyana Local Municipality | FS181 | Lejweleputswa | Theunissen | 6,618 | 62,770 | 9.5 |
| Matjhabeng Local Municipality | FS184 | Lejweleputswa | Welkom | 5,690 | 429,113 | 75.4 |
| Metsimaholo Local Municipality | FS204 | Fezile Dabi | Sasolburg | 1,717 | 163,564 | 95.3 |
| Mohokare Local Municipality | FS163 | Xhariep | Zastron | 8,776 | 35,840 | 4.1 |
| Moqhaka Local Municipality | FS201 | Fezile Dabi | Kroonstad | 7,925 | 154,732 | 19.5 |
| Nala Local Municipality | FS185 | Lejweleputswa | Bothaville | 4,129 | 78,515 | 19.0 |
| Ngwathe Local Municipality | FS203 | Fezile Dabi | Parys | 7,055 | 118,907 | 16.9 |
| Nketoana Local Municipality | FS193 | Thabo Mofutsanyana | Reitz | 5,611 | 64,893 | 11.6 |
| Phumelela Local Municipality | FS195 | Thabo Mofutsanyana | Vrede | 8,196 | 50,054 | 6.1 |
| Setsoto Local Municipality | FS191 | Thabo Mofutsanyana | Ficksburg | 5,431 | 117,362 | 21.6 |
| Tokologo Local Municipality | FS182 | Lejweleputswa | Boshof | 9,326 | 29,149 | 3.1 |
| Tswelopele Local Municipality | FS183 | Lejweleputswa | Bultfontein | 6,524 | 47,373 | 7.3 |

## Former municipalities

These municipalities have been dissolved since the current system of local government was established in 2000.
| Name | Code | Dissolved | Fate |
| Motheo District Municipality | DC17 | 18 May 2011 | Part became Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, other parts annexed by Xhariep and Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipalities |
| Naledi Local Municipality | FS164 | 3 August 2016 | Annexed by Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality |