Gauteng
Gauteng | |
|---|---|
Johannesburg, South Africa's financial Capital Constitutional Court of South Africa located in
Johannesburg Union Buildings The Official seat of South Africa's
Government Pretoria, South Africa's executive capital South African Highveld | |
| Nickname: Maboneng (Sotho: Place of Lights) | |
| Motto: | |
Location of Gauteng in South Africa | |
| Coordinates: 26°27′08″S 28°11′23″E / 26.45222°S 28.18972°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Established | 28 April 1994 |
| Capital | Johannesburg |
| Municipalities | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Parliamentary system |
| • Premier | Panyaza Lesufi (ANC) |
| • Legislature | Gauteng Provincial Legislature |
| Area | |
• Total | 18,176 km2 (7,018 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 9th in South Africa |
| Highest elevation | 1,913 m (6,276 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 15,099,422 |
| • Rank | 1st in South Africa |
| • Density | 831/km2 (2,150/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1st in South Africa |
| Population groups (2022) | |
| • Black | 84.6% |
| • White | 10.0% |
| • Coloured | 2.9% |
| • Indian or Asian | 2.2% |
| Languages (2022) | |
| • Zulu | 23.1% |
| • Southern Sotho | 13.1% |
| • Sepedi | 12.6% |
| • Tswana | 10.4% |
| • English | 9.2% |
| • Afrikaans | 9.1% |
| • Xhosa | 6.5% |
| • Tsonga | 6.1% |
| • Other languages | 9.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| ISO 3166 code | ZA-GP |
| GDP | US$134.7 billion |
| HDI (2021) | 0.736 high · 2nd of 9 |
| Website | www |
| Zulu | eGoli |
|---|---|
| Xhosa | iRhawuti |
| Afrikaans | Gauteng |
| Sepedi | Gauteng |
| Swazi | Gauteng |
| Sesotho | Gauteng |
| Setswana | Gauteng |
| Xitsonga | eXilungwini |
| Venda | Makhuwani |
| Southern Ndebele | iRhawuteng |
Gauteng (/xaʊˈtɛŋ/ khow-TENG, Sotho: [xɑ́.úˈtʼèŋ̀]; Sotho-Tswana for 'place of gold'; Zulu: eGoli or iGoli [îːˈɡóːlì]) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa.
Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only 1.5% of the country's land area, it is the most populous province in South Africa, with more than a quarter (26%) of the national population; the provincial population was approximately 16.1 million, according to mid-year 2022 estimates. Highly urbanised, the province's capital is also the country's largest city, Johannesburg. Gauteng is the wealthiest province in South Africa and is considered the financial hub of South Africa; the financial activity is mostly concentrated in Johannesburg. It also contains the administrative capital, Pretoria, and other large areas such as Midrand, Vanderbijlpark, Ekurhuleni and the affluent Sandton. The largest township, Soweto, is also found in this province. Politically, it is the closest contested province between the ANC and the DA in South Africa.