City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Gauteng | |
| Seat | Pretoria | |
| surface | 6345 km² | |
| Residents | 2,921,488 (October 2011) | |
| density | 460 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | TSH | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-GP | |
| Website | www.tshwane.gov.za (English) | |
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| mayor | Stevens Mokgalapa | |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance | |
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Coordinates: 25 ° 44 ′ S , 28 ° 15 ′ E
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality in the South African province of Gauteng . It was formed on December 5, 2000 from 13 independent cities and municipalities. In 2016, Tshwane had 3,275,152 inhabitants in 1,136,877 households.
structure
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality consists of the following main places (only districts with over 50,000 inhabitants are listed):
- Akasia
- Atteridgeville
- Centurion
- Ga-Rankuwa
- Mabopane
- Mamelodi
- Nellmapius
- Olievenhoutbos
- Pretoria
- Saulsville
- Soshanguve
- Temba
- Winterveld
The highest numbers of inhabitants have Pretoria (741,651), Soshanguve (403,162) and Mamelodi (334,577; as of 2011).
population
In 2011 the metropolitan municipality had 2,921,488 inhabitants. 75.4% of them were black, 20.1% white, 2% colored and 1.8% Indian or Asian .
19.4% of the first language was Sepedi , 18.4% Afrikaans, 14.7% Setswana , 8.4% each English and Xitsonga , 8.3% isiZulu , 5.6% isiNdebele , 5, 1% Sesotho , 2.3% Tshivenda , 2.1% isiXhosa , 1.5% Siswati and 3% another.
politics
In the 2016 national municipal elections , the Democratic Alliance (DA) won 93 of the 214 seats in the metropolitan area, the African National Congress (ANC) 89 and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) 25 seats. Seven seats went to smaller parties. The EFF MPs supported the election of Solly Msimanga (DA), so that he was elected Mayor . After Solly Msimanga announced his candidacy as prime minister for Gauteng Province during the 2019 parliamentary elections and his resignation as mayor on February 11, 2019, Stevens Mokgalapa (also DA) was elected as his successor on February 12, 2019.
traffic
railroad
The largest train station is Pretoria Station . The local transport systems Metrorail Gauteng and Gautrain serve numerous other stations in Tshwane.
Airports
The OR Tambo International Airport in the metropolitan municipality of Ekurhuleni is easily accessible from Tshwane. At Wonderboom Airport in the north of Tshwane, only smaller planes can be handled. The Swartkop and Waterkloof military airfields are also located in the Tshwane area .
Museums
Many museums are located in the metropolitan area, mostly in Pretoria.
- Fort Schanskop
- Fort Wonderboompoort
- Fort Klapperkop
- Krugerhaus (residence of the former President of the South African Republic , Paul Kruger )
- Melrose House (The Vereeniging Treaty was signed here in 1902.)
- Voortrekker Monument
- Freedom Park
- Ditsong National Museum of Natural History , formerly Transvaal Museum
- African Window
- South African Air Force Museum at Swartkop Air Base.
Partnerships
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Washington, DC , USA
Web links
- Website of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (English)
- Portrait at localgovernment.co.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Local Government Handbook: South Africa: City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (TSH) . Portrait on www.localgovernment.co.za (English)
- ↑ 2011 census , accessed June 10, 2017
- ↑ http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=1021&id=city-of-tshwane-municipality
- ↑ DA takes 93 of Tshwane's 214 seats. news24.com from August 6, 2016, accessed June 11, 2017
- ↑ Stevens Mokgalapa elected new Tshwane mayor . February 12, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ^ The City of Tshwane and Washington DC signed an Agreement of Friendship and Cooperation. City of Tshwane, archived from the original on August 7, 2011 ; Retrieved September 19, 2011 .