Is Gauteng a city or province?
Gauteng, province, northeastern South Africa. It consists of the cities of Pretoria, Johannesburg, Germiston, and Vereeniging and their surrounding metropolitan areas in the eastern part of the Witwatersrand region. Gauteng is the smallest South African province.
Is Johannesburg a city or province?
Gauteng province
Johannesburg, city, Gauteng province, South Africa. It is the country’s chief industrial and financial metropolis.
What does the word Gauteng mean?
gold
The name Gauteng is derived from the Sotho-Tswana name, gauta meaning “gold”. There was a thriving gold industry in the province following the 1886 discovery of gold in Johannesburg.
Is Gauteng rural or urban?
Population. According to the 2001 South African census, the continuous urban region within the borders of the Gauteng province (an area of 18 182 km2) housed 9 388 855 people.
Is Pretoria a province?
Pretoria, in the City of Tshwane metropolitan municipality, Gauteng, is the administrative capital, and the ultimate capital of the country….Eastern Cape.
| Capital | Bhisho | |
|---|---|---|
| English | 3,9% | |
| Population | 6 734 001 | |
| Share of total population | 11,3% | |
| Area (km2) | 168 966 |
What is the capital of Gauteng?
Johannesburg
Pretoria, in the City of Tshwane metropolitan municipality, Gauteng, is the administrative capital, and the ultimate capital of the country….Gauteng.
| Capital | Johannesburg | |
|---|---|---|
| Principal languages | isiZulu | 23.0% |
| English | 11.3% | |
| Afrikaans | 10.1% | |
| Sesotho | 12,7% |
Is Gauteng bigger than KZN?
Land area of the provinces The land area of South Africa’s nine provinces, from smallest to largest: Gauteng: 18,178 square kilometres (1.5% of total) Mpumalanga: 76,495 square kilometres (6.3%) KwaZulu-Natal: 94,361 square kilometres (7.7%)
Where is Alexander located?
Alexandra, Gauteng
| Alexandra Gomora | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |