Gauteng
| Gauteng | |||
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| — Province o Sooth Africae — | |||
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| Motto: Unity in Diversity | |||
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| Kintra |  Sooth Africae |
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| Established | 27 Aprile 1994 | ||
| Caipital | Johannesburg | ||
| Destricts | |||
| Govrenment | |||
| - Premier | Nomvula Mokonyane (ANC) | ||
| Aurie[1] | |||
| - Tot | 18,178 km2 (7,018.6 sq mi) | ||
| Aurie rank | 9t in Sooth Africae | ||
| Heichest elevation | 1,913 m (6,276 ft) | ||
| Indwallers (2007)[2][3][4] | |||
| - Tot | 10,667,578 | ||
| - Estimate (2011) | 11,328,203 | ||
| - Rank | 1st in Sooth Africae | ||
| - Densitie | 586.8/km2 (1,519.9/sq mi) | ||
| - Densitie rank | 1st in Sooth Africae | ||
| Population groups[5] | |||
| - Black African | 75.2% | ||
| - White | 18.4% | ||
| - Coloured | 3.7% | ||
| - Indie or Asie | 2.7% | ||
| Leids[6] | |||
| - Zulu | 21.1% | ||
| - Afrikaans | 13.6% | ||
| - Sotho | 12.6% | ||
| - Inglis | 12.0% | ||
| - Northren Sotho | 11.2% | ||
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | ZA-GT | ||
| Wabsteid | gautengonline.gov.za | ||
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 had a population of nearly 10.5 million, makin it the maist populous province in Sooth Africae.[9]
Etymology [edit]
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 natural in baith the Sesotho an Afrikaans leids.
References [edit]
- ↑ (2010) Stats in Brief, 2010. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa.
- ↑ Community Survey 2007: Basic results (PDF). Statistics South Africa. Retrieved on 14 Januar 2011. .
- ↑ 2007 population figure adjusted to account for the transfer of Merafong City from North West to Gauteng.
- ↑ Mid-year population estimates, 2011 (Report). Statistics South Africa. 2011. http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0302/P03022011.pdf. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ↑ Statistical release P0301: Community Survey, 2007 (Revised version) (PDF). Statistics South Africa. Retrieved on 7 October 2009. .
- ↑ Table: Census 2001 by province, language, population group and gender.. Census 2001 Interactive Tables. Statistics South Africa. Retrieved on 28 Januar 2010. .
- ↑ Merriam-Webster Online.[1] They transcribe it /ˈɡaʊtɛŋ/, with the stress on the first syllable, but the audio file is /ɡaʊˈtɛŋ/, with the stress on the second; the latter more closely matches the Sotho.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 About Gauteng. Gauteng Provincial Government. Retrieved on 25 October 2008. .
- ↑ Community Survey 2007: Basic results (PDF). Statistics South Africa. Retrieved on 23 September 2009. .
