City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Toropokgolo ya Tshwane; Afrikaans: Stad Tshwane Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Toropokgolo ya Tshwane), also known as the City of Tshwane (/tswɑːnɪ/), is the metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng in South Africa. The metropolitan area is centred on the city of Pretoria with surrounding towns and localities included in the local government area.
Tshwane
Pretoria | |
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Metropolitan municipality | |
| City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality | |
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Seal | |
Location in Gauteng | |
| Coordinates: 25°40′S 28°20′E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Seat | Pretoria |
| Wards | 107 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Cilliers Brink (Democratic Alliance) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,298 km2 (2,432 sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 75.4% |
| • Coloured | 2.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.8% |
| • White | 20.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sepedi | 28.4% |
| • Afrikaans | 25.7% |
| • Tswana | 24.7% |
| • Tsonga | 11.7% |
| • English | 10.4% |
| • Other | 26.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | TSH |
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