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  2. Johannesburg - Wikipedia

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    Johannesburg (/ dʒ oʊ ˈ h æ n ɪ s b ɜːr ɡ / joh-HAN-iss-burg, US also /-ˈ h ɑː n-/-⁠ HAHN-, Afrikaans: [jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ]; Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli [ɛˈɡɔːli]) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") [12] [13] is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, [7] and is classified as a megacity; [14] it is one of the 100 largest ...

  3. History of Johannesburg - Wikipedia

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    History of Johannesburg. Johannesburg is a large city in Gauteng Province of South Africa. It was established as a small village controlled by a Health Committee in 1886 with the discovery of an outcrop of a gold reef on the farm Langlaagte. The population of the city grew rapidly, becoming a municipality in 1898.

  4. City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality - Wikipedia

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    Municipal code. JHB. 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.

  5. Johannesburg fire – latest: South Africa president Ramaphosa ...

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    South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa has said that the Johannesburg blaze that killed 74 people is “a wake up call” to address an inner-city housing crisis. “This is a great tragedy felt ...

  6. Gauteng - Wikipedia

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    Gauteng is the wealthiest province in South Africa and is considered the financial hub of South Africa; the financial activity is mostly concentrated in Johannesburg. It also contains the administrative capital, Pretoria, and other large areas such as Midrand, Vanderbijlpark, Ekurhuleni and the affluent Sandton.

  7. Witwatersrand Gold Rush - Wikipedia

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    The gold rush saw massive development of Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand, and the area today is the prime metropolitan area of South Africa. One consequence of the gold rush was the construction of the first railway lines in this part of Africa. As a result of the rapid development of the goldfields on the Witwatersrand in the 1880s and the ...

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