The Fezile Dabi District Municipality (; ),with the code DC20, is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa.
History Established in the year 2000, the Fezile Dabi District Municipality was formerly known as the Northern Free State District Municipality and was officially changed on the 3 March 2005.
Geography Neighbours Northern Free State is surrounded by: Sedibeng in Gauteng to the north (DC42) Gert Sibande in Mpumalanga to the north-east (DC30) Thabo Mofutsanyane to the south-east (DC19) Lejweleputswa to the south-west (DC18) Dr Kenneth Kaunda in North-West to the north-west (DC40)
Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant languageMoqhaka 167 886 36.47%SothoNgwathe 118 820 25.81%SothoMetsimaholo 115 964 25.19%SothoMafube 57 637 12.52%Sotho
Demographics According to the 2022 census, the district had a total population of 509,912 . This was an increase from a population of 488,036 in 2011.
Sex As of the 2022 census, the female and male population was 265,174 and 244,738 respectively. +Distribution of population by sex, Census 2011,2022Sex20112022Female245 694265 174 Male242 342244 738
Age AgePopulation%000 - 004 41 558 9.03%005 - 009 43 971 9.55%010 - 014 49 984 10.86%015 - 019 51 062 11.09%020 - 024 42 606 9.26%025 - 029 39 124 8.50%030 - 034 34 867 7.58%035 - 039 32 496 7.06%040 - 044 28 301 6.15%045 - 049 24 171 5.25%050 - 054 19 601 4.26%055 - 059 14 915 3.24%060 - 064 12 049 2.62%065 - 069 9 577 2.08%070 - 074 7 059 1.53%075 - 079 4 119 0.89%080 - 084 2 922 0.63%085 - 089 1 249 0.27%090 - 094 469 0.10%095 - 099 132 0.03%100 plus 57 0.01%
Politics Election results Election results for Northern Free State in the South African general election, 2004. Population 18 and over: 293 994 [63.87% of total population] Total votes: 182 833 [39.72% of total population] Voting % estimate: 62.19% votes as a % of population 18 and over PartyVotes%African National Congress 146 691 80.23% Democratic Alliance 20 395 11.15% Freedom Front Plus 4 210 2.30% United Democratic Movement 2 326 1.27% African Christian Democratic Party 2 265 1.24% New National Party 1 511 0.83% Pan African Congress 1 449 0.79% Independent Democrats 1 097 0.60% Azanian People's Organisation 894 0.49% Inkhata Freedom Party 749 0.41% United Christian Democratic Party 301 0.16% SOPA 203 0.11% NA 167 0.09% CDP 126 0.07% EMSA 109 0.06% PJC 94 0.05% UF 84 0.05% TOP 60 0.03% KISS 35 0.02% NLP 34 0.02% Minority Front 33 0.02% Total 182 833 100.00%
References
External links Official Website