Mogale City

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Mogale City
Mogale City Local Municipality
Map of Gauteng with Mogale City highlighted (2016) .svg
Symbols
coat of arms
Coat of arms or logo
Basic data
Country South Africa
province Gauteng
District West edge
Seat Krugersdorp
surface 1,099.3 km²
Residents 362,422 (October 2011)
density 330 inhabitants per km²
key GT481
ISO 3166-2 ZA-GP
Website www.mogalecity.gov.za (English)
politics
mayor Francis Makgatho
Political party African National Congress

Coordinates: 26 ° 6 ′  S , 27 ° 46 ′  E

Mogale City ( English Mogale City Local Municipality ) is a local municipality in the West Rand district of South Africa in the Gauteng province . The municipality's administrative center is in Krugersdorp . Since the UNESCO World Heritage Site Cradle of Humankind ( English Cradle of Humankind ) is located within the municipality, is also called Mogale City of Human Origin ( "the human city of origin" for English). The mayor is Francis Makgatho.

The community is named after Mogale , a 19th century king of the Batswana .

geography

Mogale City is located in the west of the district and meets there with the provincial Northwest . Merafong City and Randfontein lie south of the municipality and Johannesburg and Tshwane to the east .

The rivers Magalies , Rietspruit , Krokodil and Mooirivierloop flow through Mogale City . There is also a reservoir in the municipality, the Lancaster Dam .

places

population

In 2011 the community had 362,422 inhabitants. Of these, 75.6% were black, 21% white, 2.2% Indian or Asian and 0.8% colored .

31% of the first language was Setswana , 16.8% Afrikaans, 11% isiZulu , 9.5% English, 8.5% isiXhosa , 5.5% Sesotho , 4.3% Xitsonga , 3, 9% Sepedi , 2.3% Tshivenda , 1.6% isiNdebele , 0.5% Siswati and 2.5% another language.

traffic

The municipality is connected to the trunk road network via the national road N14 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Mogale City Local Municipality (GT481) . at www.municipalities.co.za (English).
  2. ^ Mogale City Local Municipality: Tourism overview . at www.mogalecity.gov.za (English).
  3. ^ Department of Arts and Culture: Place Names . at www.salanguages.com (English).
  4. 2011 census: Mogale City . accessed on July 13, 2020.
  5. ^ Statistics South Africa : Mogale City . at www.statssa.gov.za (English).