Sedibeng
| Sedibeng Sedibeng District Municipality |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Gauteng | |
| Seat | Vereeniging | |
| surface | 4173 km² | |
| Residents | 914,484 (October 2011) | |
| density | 219 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | DC42 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-GP | |
| Website | www.sedibeng.gov.za (English) | |
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| mayor | Busisiwe Modisakeng | |
Coordinates: 26 ° 39 ′ S , 27 ° 58 ′ E
Sedibeng is the southernmost district within Gauteng Province in South Africa . It has 914,484 inhabitants (as of October 2011) on a total area of 4,173 km². The district administration is based in Vereeniging .
The district is a center of the coal and steel industry , especially iron smelting and hard coal mining. Here is one of the largest dams in South Africa, the Vaal reservoir , which is used for energy generation.
Sedibeng is the Sesotho term for "at the well" or "at the source". The district is located on the Vaal , which forms the border between the provinces of Gauteng and the Free State .
Community structure
As an example of the infrastructure here is the water supply for households (HWA = own domestic water connection; ÖWA = public water connection nearby; KWA = no connection to a water supply network):
| local community | Administrative headquarters | surface | Residents | HWA | Ö WA | KWA |
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| Emfuleni | Vanderbijlpark | 966 km² | 658.9281 | 25% | 72% | 3% |
| Lesedi | Heidelberg | 1,786 km² | 74,201 | 11% | 77% | 12% |
| Midvaal | Meyerton | 1,725 km² | 65,151 | 20% | 60% | 19% |
Attractions
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Vaal Triangle Info (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Census 2011. Basic Results. (PDF; 349 kB) Statistics South Africa , accessed on November 27, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Municipal Statistics South Africa