Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality

Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality
—  Metropolitan municipality  —
Location in the Free State
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.

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