Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality

Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality
—  Metropolitan municipality  —
Location in the Free State
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
Seat	Bloemfontein
Wards	49
Area
- Total	6,284 km2 (2,426.3 sq mi)
Population (2007)[1]
- Total	752,906
- Density	119.8/km2 (310.3/sq mi)
- Households	202,762
Racial makeup[2] (2007)
- Black African	82.14%
- White	13.44%
- Coloured	4.26%
- Indian or Asian	0.17%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	MAN
Website	http://www.bloemfontein.co.za/

Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality which governs Bloemfontein and surrounding towns in the Free State province of South Africa. Mangaung is a Sesotho name meaning "place of leopards". Legend has it that when the first settlers arrived on these shores, they were stunned by the vast plains that were roamed freely by leopards.^[3]

Before the municipal elections of 18 May 2011 Mangaung was a local municipality under the Motheo District Municipality.^[4] In the election, the ANC won 65 out of 97 seats on the Metro Council, while the Democratic Alliance won 26 seats and COPE won 3 seats.

References

1. ^ "Community Survey, 2007: Basic Results Municipalities" (PDF). Statistics South Africa. http://www.statssa.gov.za/Publications/P03011/P030112007.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-20. 
2. ^ "Community Survey 2007 interactive data". Statistics South Africa. http://www.statssa.gov.za/community_new/content.asp?link=interactivedata.asp. Retrieved 19 October 2009. 
3. ^ South African Languages - Place names
4. ^ "Buffalo City, Mangaung categorised Metros". BuaNews (Government Communication and Information Service). 9 December 2010. http://www.buanews.gov.za/news/10/10120915351002.