Gauteng

Gauteng
Gauteng
Province of South Africa
	Flag
	Motto(s): Unity in Diversity
	Location of Gauteng in South Africa
Country	South Africa
Established	28 April 1994
Capital	Johannesburg
Government
• Type	Parliamentary system
• Premier	David Makhura (ANC)
• Legislature	Gauteng Provincial Legislature
Area
• Total	18,176 km2 (7,018 sq mi)
Area rank	9th in South Africa
Highest elevation	1,913 m (6,276 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	12,272,263
• Estimate (2019)	15,176,115
• Rank	1st in South Africa
• Density	680/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
• Density rank	1st in South Africa
Population groups
• African	77.4%
• White	15.6%
• Coloured	3.5%
• Indian or Asian	2.9%
Languages
• Zulu	14.8%
• English	13.3%
• Afrikaans	12.4%
• Southern Sotho	12.1%
• Northern Sotho	11.6%
• Tswana	11.1%
• Xhosa	10.6%
• Tsonga	6.6%
• Southern Ndebele	3.2%
• Venda	2.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
ISO 3166 code	ZA-GT
HDI (2017)	0.735; high · 2nd
Website	gautengonline.gov.za

Gauteng (/xaʊˈtɛŋ/ khow-TENG;^[4] Tswana: Gauteng; Sotho: Gauteng ; Zulu: eGoli; Tsonga: Gauteng/eXilungwini; Ndebele, Xhosa: iRhawuti; Southern Ndebele: I-Gauteng; Venda: Gauteng) is a province of South Africa. It is the smallest province by area, though it also has the greatest number of people. Its capital is Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa. It also hosts South Africa's executive capital, Pretoria.

Geography[change | change source]

The province borders the provinces of North West (west), the Free State (south), Limpopo (north), and Mpumalanga (east).

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Census 2011: Census in brief (PDF). Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2012. ISBN 9780621413885. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 May 2015.
↑ Mid-year population estimates, 2019 (PDF) (Report). Statistics South Africa. 31 July 2019. p. 3. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
↑ Gauteng Archived 2018-11-16 at the Wayback Machine, Oxford Dictionaries. Retrieved 09-10-2018