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Kopanong
Local municipality
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Location in the Free State
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Xhariep
Seat	Trompsburg
Wards	8
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Xolani Tseletsele
Area
• Total	15,645 km (6,041 sq mi)
Population
• Total	49,171
• Density	3.1/km (8.1/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	71.5%
• Coloured	18.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	9.4%
First languages (2011)
• Sotho	37.9%
• Afrikaans	34.8%
• Xhosa	20.6%
• Tswana	2.4%
• Other	4.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	FS162

Kopanong Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Kopanong; Afrikaans: Kopanong Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Kopanong) is a local municipality within the Xhariep District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Kopanong is a Sesotho word meaning "meeting place or where people are invited". The name earmarks unity and seeks to encourage co-operation.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eleven seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. South African Languages - Place names
5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
6. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Kopanong". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.

External links

• http://www.kopanong.gov.za/

v t e Municipalities of the Free State
Metropolitan	Mangaung
District and local	Xhariep Letsemeng Kopanong Mohokare Lejweleputswa Masilonyana Tokologo Tswelopele Matjhabeng Nala Thabo Mofutsanyana Setsoto Dihlabeng Nketoana Maluti-a-Phofung Phumelela Mantsopa Fezile Dabi Moqhaka Ngwathe Metsimaholo Mafube
List of municipalities in the Free State

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• Local municipalities of the Xhariep District Municipality