Motheo is one of the 5 districts of Free State province of South Africa. The seat of Motheo is Bloemfontein. The majority of its 728 228 people speak Sesotho (2001 Census). The district code is DC17.

Geography

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Neighbours

Motheo is surrounded by:

• Lejweleputswa to the north (DC18)
• Thabo Mofutsanyane to the north-east (DC19)
• The kingdom of Lesotho to the east
• Xhariep to the south-west (DC16)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%
Mangaung	645 437	88.63%
Mantsopa	55 339	7.60%
Naledi	27 481	3.77%

Demographics

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The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
Sesotho	389 936	53.55%
Setswana	120 671	16.57%
Afrikaans	111 589	15.32%
IsiXhosa	80 142	11.01%
English	12 852	1.76%
IsiZulu	4 878	0.67%
IsiNdebele	2 851	0.39%
SiSwati	1 473	0.20%
Sepedi	1 458	0.20%
Other	1 350	0.19%
Xitsonga	837	0.11%
Tshivenda	220	0.03%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	381 899	52.44%
Male	346 329	47.56%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	608 111	83.51%
White	83 473	11.46%
Coloured	35 319	4.85%
Indian/Asian	1 325	0.18%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	64 276	8.83%
005 - 009	71 128	9.77%
010 - 014	75 182	10.32%
015 - 019	78 605	10.79%
020 - 024	72 208	9.92%
025 - 029	66 105	9.08%
030 - 034	60 181	8.26%
035 - 039	53 367	7.33%
040 - 044	44 774	6.15%
045 - 049	36 930	5.07%
050 - 054	28 848	3.96%
055 - 059	21 613	2.97%
060 - 064	17 515	2.41%
065 - 069	14 102	1.94%
070 - 074	9 521	1.31%
075 - 079	6 276	0.86%
080 - 084	4 804	0.66%
085 - 089	1 796	0.25%
090 - 094	672	0.09%
095 - 099	224	0.03%
100 plus	101	0.01%

Politics

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Election results

Election results for Motheo in the South African general election, 2004.

• Population 18 and over: 471 960 of total population
• Total votes: 301 273 of total population
• Voting % estimate: 63.83% votes as a % of population 18 and over

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; text-align: right" Party Votes %

African National Congress 235 537 78.18% Democratic Alliance 31 589 10.49% Freedom Front Plus 9 346 3.10% United Christian Democratic Party 5 391 1.79% African Christian Democratic Party 4 832 1.60% Pan African Congress 3 588 1.19% New National Party 3 094 1.03% Independent Democrats 3 062 1.02% United Democratic Movement 1 851 0.61% Azanian People's Organisation 956 0.32% Inkhata Freedom Party 584 0.19% NA 333 0.11% SOPA 207 0.07% EMSA 169 0.06% UF 156 0.05% CDP 151 0.05% PJC 122 0.04% TOP 120 0.04% KISS 87 0.03% NLP 60 0.02% Minority Front 38 0.01% Total 301 273 100.00%

References

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• Municipal Demarcation Board
• Stats SA Census 2001 page
• Independent Electoral Commission 2004 election results

Free State municipalities | District Municipalities of South Africa | Districts of South Africa