Soweto
Soweto
South Western Townships | |
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Orlando Towers in the Orlando suburb of Soweto in 2006 | |
| Coordinates: 26°16′04″S 27°51′31″E / 26.26781°S 27.85849°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 200.03 km2 (77.23 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,632 m (5,354 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,271,628 |
| • Density | 6,400/km2 (16,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 98.5% |
| • Coloured | 1.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| • Other | 0.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 37.1% |
| • Sotho | 15.5% |
| • Tswana | 12.9% |
| • Xhosa | 8.9% |
| • Other | 25.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 1808 |
| Area code | 011 |
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Soweto (/səˈwɛtoʊ, -ˈweɪt-, -ˈwiːt-/) is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships. Formerly a separate municipality, it is now incorporated in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and is one of the suburbs of Johannesburg.