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Gauteng

Administration

Full name	Gauteng
Official name	The Province of Gauteng
Settlement type	Province of South Africa
Motto	Unity in Diversity
Country	South Africa
Established	27 April 1994
Government
Capital	Johannesburg
Type	Parliamentary system
Premier	Nomvula Mokonyane
Geography
Total Area	7016.7 sq mi (18178 km2)
Area rank	9th in South Africa
Highest Elevation	6276.2 ft (1913 m)
Demography
Total Population	10667578 (1st in South Africa) (2007)
Density (pop.)	auto/km² (1st in South Africa) (0/sq mi)
Pop. Estimate	11191700( 2010)
Population groups
Black African	75.2%
White	18.4%
Coloured	3.7%
Indian or Asian	2.7%
Zulu	21.1%
Afrikaans	13.6%
Sotho	12.6%
English	12.0%
Northern Sotho	11.2%
Other information
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	ZA-GP

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Gauteng (-enɡaʊˈtɛŋ or -enxaʊˈtɛŋ; -stxɑ́.ú.ˈtʼè.ŋ̀Sotho pronunciation) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994. It was initially named Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging (or PWV) and was renamed 'Gauteng' in December 1994.

Situated in the heart of the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province in South Africa, with only 1.4% of the land area, but it is highly urbanised, containing the cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria. , it had a population of nearly 10.5 million, making it the most populous province in South Africa.

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