List of municipalities in the Free State


The Free State province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into one metropolitan municipality and four district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into eighteen local municipalities.
In the following map, the district and metropolitan municipalities are labelled in capital letters and shaded in various different colours.

District and metropolitan municipalities

Local and metropolitan municipalities

Former municipalities

These municipalities have been dissolved since the current system of local government was established in 2000.
NameCodeDissolvedFate
Motheo District MunicipalityDC1718 May 2011Part became Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, other parts annexed by Xhariep and Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipalities
Naledi Local MunicipalityFS1643 August 2016Annexed by Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality