Lejweleputswa District Municipality

The Lejweleputswa District Municipality (Masepala wa Setereke wa Lejweleputswa; uMasipala weSithili sase Lejweleputswa; Lejweleputswa-distriksmunisipaliteit) is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Welkom. As of 2011, a majority of its 657,019 residents speak Sotho. The district code is DC18. Lejweleputswa is a Sesotho word meaning "grey rock".

Neighbours
Lejweleputswa is surrounded by:
 * Dr Kenneth Kaunda in North West to the north (DC40)
 * Fezile Dabi to the north-east (DC20)
 * Thabo Mofutsanyane to the south-east (DC19)
 * Mangaung Metro to the south
 * Xhariep to the south-west (DC16)
 * Frances Baard in Northern Cape to the west (DC9)
 * Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati in North West to the north-west (DC39)

Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Election results
Election results for Lejweleputswa in the South African general election, 2004.
 * Population 18 and over: 418 466 [63.69% of total population]
 * Total votes: 234 060 [35.62% of total population]
 * Voting % estimate: 55.93% votes as a % of population 18 and over