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1562:28°18′38″E
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1448:Matjhabeng
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1348:Free State
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1178:References
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71:Country
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818:Seats
812:Votes
809:Seats
803:Votes
798:seats
796:Total
787:Party
762:wards
725:41304
708:10.54
704:41311
683:41310
666:13.72
662:41309
648:2,447
641:41308
627:8,815
620:41307
606:2,107
603:15.33
599:41306
585:5,231
578:41305
564:4,084
557:41303
545:Sotho
538:11.28
534:41302
515:17.87
511:41301
488:Place
464:Hawks
340:Sotho
329:FS192
315:UTC+2
300:Other
267:11.9%
254:77.5%
249:Sotho
231:10.4%
226:White
213:Asian
188:87.4%
114:Wards
1453:Nala
1386:and
1231:2015
1204:2012
1121:2.65
1113:2.05
1043:3.47
1034:2.26
1015:2.37
1006:2.47
985:4.59
976:2.98
953:8.14
932:4.38
923:4.93
893:9.82
793:List
790:Ward
772:the
687:9.12
645:0.45
624:1.37
582:0.93
561:2.58
491:Code
474:The
319:SAST
304:3.4%
293:2.4%
280:4.8%
275:Zulu
218:0.5%
201:1.5%
138:Area
103:Seat
47:Seal
1118:952
1110:735
1031:795
1012:827
1003:867
690:176
669:484
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935:2
926:0
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896:0
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875:6
866:1
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