Kopanong Local Municipality
Kopanong Municipality is a Local [municipality (South Africa)|local municipality] within the Xhariep District Municipality, in the Free State (South [African province)|Free State] province of South Africa. Kopanong is a Sesotho word meaning "meeting place or where people are invited". The name earmarks unity and seeks to encourage co-operation.
Main places
The South [African National Census of 2001|2001 census] divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
| Bethulie | 51.80 | 1,342 | Afrikaans | |
| Charlesville | 0.33 | 525 | Sotho | |
| Edenburg | 28.33 | 935 | Afrikaans | |
| Fauresmith | 54.64 | 1,276 | Afrikaans | |
| Ha-Rasebei | 11.27 | 7,203 | Sotho | |
| Hydro Park | 0.36 | 586 | Afrikaans | |
| Ipopeng | 0.75 | 2,770 | Afrikaans | |
| Itumeleng | 1.17 | 3,924 | Sotho | |
| Jagersfontein | 1.03 | 1,200 | Afrikaans | |
| Lephoi | 1.19 | 5,067 | Xhosa | |
| Madikgetla | 0.69 | 3,938 | Sotho | |
| Maphodi | 0.83 | 3,592 | Xhosa | |
| Oranjekrag | 3.82 | 350 | Afrikaans | |
| Philippolis | 67.55 | 1,170 | Afrikaans | |
| Poding-Tse-Rolo | 0.35 | 2,411 | Xhosa | |
| Qhoweng | 0.74 | 3,469 | Sotho | |
| Reddersburg | 18.01 | 967 | Afrikaans | |
| Springfontein | 40.78 | 1,753 | Afrikaans | |
| Trompsburg | 1.27 | 925 | Afrikaans | |
| Waterkloof | 20.84 | 6 | Afrikaans | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 14,937.34 | 12,524 | Afrikaans |
Politics
The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 [South African municipal elections] the African National Congress won a majority of eleven seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.