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Kopanong Local Municipality

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Country
  
South Africa

Seat
  
Trompsburg

Time zone
  
SAST (UTC+2)

Area
  
15,645 kmĀ²

Black african population
  
71.5%

Native sotho speakers
  
37.9%

Province
  
Free State

District
  
Xhariep

Wards
  
8

Municipal code
  
FS162

White population
  
9.4%

Native afrikaans speakers
  
34.8%

Native tswana speakers
  
2.4%

Kopanong Local Municipality

Kopanong Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Xhariep District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word meaning "meeting place or where people are invited". The name earmarks unity and seeks to encourage co-operation.

Contents

Map of Trompsburg, South Africa

Main places

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

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eleven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

References

Kopanong Local Municipality Wikipedia