Gauteng | |
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Motto(s): Unity in Diversity | |
Location o Gauteng in Sooth Africae | |
Kintra | Sooth Africae |
Established | 27 Aprile 1994 |
Caipital | Johannesburg |
Destricts | Leet
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Govrenment | |
• Teep | Pairlamentary seestem |
• Premier | Nomvula Mokonyane (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 18178 km2 (7,019 sq mi) |
Area rank | 9t in Sooth Africae |
Highest elevation | 1913 m (6,276 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 10,667,578 |
• Estimate (2011) | 11,328,203 |
• Rank | 1st in Sooth Africae |
• Density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 1st in Sooth Africae |
Population groups | |
• Black African | 75.2% |
• White | 18.4% |
• Coloured | 3.7% |
• Indie or Asie | 2.7% |
Leids | |
• Zulu | 21.1% |
• Afrikaans | 13.6% |
• Sotho | 12.6% |
• Inglis | 12.0% |
• Northren Sotho | 11.2% |
• Xitsonga | 5.2% |
• Tshivenda | 4.2% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
ISO 3166 code | ZA-GT |
Website | www |
Gauteng (Inglis pronunciation: /ɡaʊˈtɛŋ/[7] or /xaʊˈtɛŋ/; Sotho pronunciation [xɑ́.ú.ˈtʼè.ŋ̀]) is ane o the nine provinces o Sooth Africae. It wis formit frae pairt o the auld Transvaal Province efter Sooth Africae's first aw-race elections on 27 Aprile 1994. It wis initially namit Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging (or PWV) an wis renamit 'Gauteng' in December 1994.
Situatit in the hert o the Highveld, Gauteng is the smawest province in Sooth Africae, wi anerlie 1.4% o the land aurie,[8] but it is heichlie urbanised, containin the ceeties o Johannesburg an Pretoria. As o 2007[update], it haed a population of nearly 10.5 million, makin it the maist populous province in Sooth Africae.[9]
The name Gauteng comes frae the Sesotho wird meanin "Place o Gowd", the historical Sesotho name for Johannesburg an surroondin auries. This referred tae the thrivin gowd industry in the province follaein the 1886 discovery o gowd in Johannesburg.[8] The Sesotho wird is a locative derived frae the Afrikaans goud (gowd) plus the locative suffix "-ng." When properly pronoonced, the first letter o the name Gauteng is a voiceless velar fricative, pronoonced similarly tae the "ch" in the German achtung or Scots loch. This pronunciation is naitural in baith the Sesotho an Afrikaans leids.