Soshanguve
| Soshanguve | |||
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| Coordinates | 25 ° 32 ′ S , 28 ° 7 ′ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| Gauteng | |||
| metropolis | City of Tshwane | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-GP | ||
| height | 1319 m | ||
| surface | 126.8 km² | ||
| Residents | 403,162 (2011) | ||
| density | 3,180.3 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1972 | ||
Soshanguve is a township and district of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in the South African province of Gauteng . Soshanguve is an artificial word that was formed from the first syllables of the names of the ethnic groups Sotho , Shangaan , Nguni and Venda .
geography
Soshanguve is about 30 kilometers northwest of Pretoria. In 2011 there were 403,162 residents. Soshanguve borders the Northwest Province in the north . In the unpopulated north of the district lies the Tswaing crater . To the west is the township of Mabopane , to the southwest of Ga-Rankuwa . In 2011, around 28 percent said they had Sepedi as their mother tongue, 17 percent spoke Setswana ; other languages had fewer speakers.
history
The township was separated from the Mabopane township in 1974. Mabopane should only be inhabited by Batswana as part of the homeland policy . For the rest of the black population, Soshanguve was founded, which remained in the Transvaal province when the homeland Bophuthatswana was formed . Many residents were forcibly relocated from the townships of Atteridgeville and Mamelodi, which are closer to Pretoria .
Transport and other infrastructure
Soshanguve is to the highway R80 and the Motorway tied M35.
Soshanguve is served by local trains of the Metrorail Gauteng at several stations on the Pretoria Station –Mabopane route.
The Soshanguve North and Soshanguve South campuses of the Tshwane University of Technology , formerly Technicon Northern Gauteng, are located in Soshanguve .
Personalities
- Tlou Theophilus Cholo (* 1926), anti-apartheid activist, lives in Soshanguve
- Amos Mkhari (* 20th century, † 2014), soccer player, born in Soshanguve
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2011 census , accessed on October 26, 2015
- ↑ Campus of the Tshwane University of Technology ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed October 26, 2015
