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This is a list of cities and towns in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Most towns are no longer separate municipalities, their local governments having been merged into larger structures . In the case of settlements that have had their official names changed the traditional name is listed first followed by the new name.
The informal settlements in this area are growing rapidly, with 76 per cent of the population of Diepsloot living in informal housing. The industrial areas along Malibongwe Drive in the south-west form part of the Kya Sand area. Fourways, in the south-east, is the major retail, office and entertainment area.
It is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. [15] It is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa. [16] Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. [17] Many major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg.
The name Gauteng is derived from Sotho-Tswana gauta, meaning 'gold'. [10] There was a thriving gold industry in the province following the 1886 discovery of gold in Johannesburg. [11] In Sesotho, Setswana and Sepedi the name Gauteng was used for Johannesburg and surrounding areas long before it was adopted in 1994 as the official name of the ...
Gauteng province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into three metropolitan municipalities and two district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into six local municipalities .
An urban settlement is a concentrated settlement that is part of an urban area.It is an area with high density of human-created structures. Municipal urban settlement, a type of subdivision such as Cape Town in Western Cape
Because the township was proclaimed before the South African 1913 Land Act, it was one of the few urban areas in the country where black people could own land under a freehold title. [8] By 1916, the population of Alexandra had grown to 30,000 people. [8] The Alexandra Health Committee was established to manage the township.
There is generally a connection between transport infrastructure and urban patterns of settlement. Owing to the N1 highway, the Old Warmbaths Road and a railway line (only transports cargo and not people), the Hammanskraal region is functionally connected to the Gauteng City Region.