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The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseGoli) is a metropolitan municipality that manages the local governance of Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa. It is divided into several branches and departments in order to expedite services for the city.
In South Africa, a metropolitan municipality or Category A municipality is a municipality which executes all the functions of local government for a city or conurbation. This is by contrast to areas which are primarily rural, where the local government is divided into district municipalities and local municipalities .
City/Town Local Municipality District Municipality Metropolitan Municipality Alexandra: City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality: Johannesburg: City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality: Lenasia: City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality: Midrand: City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality: Randburg: City of Johannesburg ...
Midvaal Local Municipality: GT422 Sedibeng Meyerton: 1,722 111,612 64.8 Lesedi Local Municipality: GT423 Sedibeng Heidelberg: 1,484 112,472 75.8 Mogale City Local Municipality: GT481 West Rand Krugersdorp: 1,342 383,864 286.0 Merafong City Local Municipality: GT484 West Rand Carletonville: 1,631 188,843 115.8 Rand West City Local Municipality ...
City Parks is also responsible for planting the city's many green trees, making Johannesburg one of the 'greenest' cities in the world. It has been estimated that there are six million trees in the city with the number growing every year—1.2 million on pavements and sidewalks, and a further 4.8 million in private gardens. [63]
The Johannesburg conurbation which includes Johannesburg and the areas of the East Rand, area under the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and the West Rand. It is often referred to as the Witwatersrand , or Rand , after a low mountain range that runs through the area.
Municipality: City of Johannesburg: Main Place: Johannesburg: Established: 1903: ... It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Greenside lies on land that once made up the Braamfontein Farm, one of many large farms that makes what is Johannesburg and its suburbs. [2] The farm land was bought in 1886 by Lourens Geldenhuys for its mining rights as it was hoped that the Confidence Reef would extend into his farm but it did not. [2]