Lejweleputswa
| Lejweleputswa Lejweleputswa District Municipality |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | South Africa |
| province | free State |
| Seat | Welkom |
| surface | 31,930 km² |
| Residents | 627,626 (October 2011) |
| density | 20 inhabitants per km² |
| key | DC18 |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-FS |
| Website | www.lejwe.co.za (English) |
| politics | |
| mayor | Sebezile Ngangelizwe |
Coordinates: 27 ° 58 ′ S , 26 ° 44 ′ E
The district (District Municipality) Lejweleputswa is part of the province of Free State in South Africa . 627,626 inhabitants live in an area of 31,930 km² (as of October 2011). The capital is Welkom . The name of the district is the Sesotho word for the gold fields.
Community structure
As an example of the infrastructure here is the water supply for households (HWA = own domestic water connection; ÖWA = public water connection nearby; KWA = no connection to a water supply network):
| local community | Administrative headquarters | surface | Residents | HWA | Ö WA | KWA |
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| Masilonyana | Theunissen | 6,796 km² | 64,399 | 10% | 79% | 11% |
| Tokologo | Boshof | 9,326 km² | 32,448 | 10% | 67% | 24% |
| Tswelopele | Bultfontein | 6,524 km² | 56,777 | 7% | 75% | 18% |
| Nala | Bothaville | 4,129 km² | 98,254 | 10% | 79% | 11% |
| Matjhabeng | Welkom | 5,156 km² | 408.159 | 13% | 81% | 6% |
National parks and nature reserves
- Willem Pretorius Nature Reserve
- Erfenis Nature Reserve
- Sandveld Nature Reserve
- Soetdoring Nature Reserve
Web links
- Portrait at localgovernment.co.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Census 2011. Basic Results. (PDF; 349 kB) Statistics South Africa , accessed on November 27, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Administrative boundaries of South Africa ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities
- ↑ Municipal statistics South Africa ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
