Setsoto Local Municipality

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Setsoto

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| settlement_type = Local municipality

| image_seal = Setsoto_CoA.png

| seal_size = 150x100px

| image_map = Map of the Free State with Setsoto highlighted.svg

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| map_alt = Location in the Free State

| map_caption = Location in the Free State

|coordinates =

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Free State

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Thabo Mofutsanyane

| seat = Ficksburg

| parts_type = Wards

|parts = 18

| government_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |title=Contact list: Executive Mayors |publisher=Government Communication & Information System |accessdate=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archivedate=14 July 2010 }}

| government_type = Municipal council

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Seipati Mbiwe

| leader_title1 =

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| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 5966

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/southafrica/admin/free_state/FS191__setsoto/ |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |accessdate=17 February 2025}}

| population_total = 127918

| population_as_of = 2022

| population_rank =

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2022)}}

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|Black African}}

| demographics1_info1 = 91.5%

| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}}

| demographics1_info2 = 0.9%

| demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|Indian/Asian}}

| demographics1_info3 = 1.2%

| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}}

| demographics1_info4 = 6.3%

| demographics_type2 = First languages {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics2_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |accessdate=27 September 2015}}

| demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|Sotho}}

| demographics2_info1 = 87.2%

| demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|Afrikaans}}

| demographics2_info2 = 7.1%

| demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|English}}

| demographics2_info3 = 2.9%

| demographics2_title4 = {{nobold|Sign language}}

| demographics2_info4 = 1.2%

| demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}}

| demographics2_info5 = 1.6%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code

| blank_info_sec1 = FS191

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}}

Setsoto Municipality ({{langx|st|Masepala wa Setsoto}}) is a local municipality within the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Setsoto is a Sesotho word meaning "beauty". The seat is Ficksburg. Other towns include Senekal, Clocolan and Marquard. The municipality is rich in agriculture and is known for producing cherries.

The first mayor was Ms M.Molete and the current is Ms Seipati Mbiwe.[http://www.salanguages.com/munnames.htm South African Languages - Place names]