KwaGuqa
| KwaGuqa | |||
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| Coordinates | 25 ° 51 '44 " S , 29 ° 7' 8" O | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| Mpumalanga | |||
| District | Nkangala | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-MP | ||
| local community | Emalahleni | ||
| height | 1516 m | ||
| surface | 22.2 km² | ||
| Residents | 130,920 (2011) | ||
| density | 5,910.6 Ew. / km² | ||
KwaGuqa is a city in the South African province of Mpumalanga . It is located in the municipality of Emalahleni in the district of Nkangala .
geography
In 2011 KwaGuqa had 130,920 inhabitants and thus more than the central town of eMalahleni (formerly Witbank), which is only a little to the east . The place consists of two separate settlement areas. In 2011 around 97 percent of KwaGuqa's residents were black; 47 percent of the residents stated isiZulu as their mother tongue , around 18 percent Sepedi .
history
KwaGuqa was built as a township for black South Africans who were used as cheap labor in the coal mines around what was then Witbank.
Economy and Transport
Immediately south of KwaGuqa, the N4 , which is part of the Trans-Kalahari Highway , runs in a west-east direction . The R104, which, like the N4, connects eMalahleni with Bronkhorstspruit in the west, lies roughly parallel to this .
Personalities
- Hugh Masekela (1939–2018), jazz musician, grew up in KwaGuqa
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2011 census , accessed on May 25, 2016