Editing Gauteng (section)

{{Short description|Province of South Africa}}
{{Use South African English|date=May 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Gauteng
| native_name        = 
| settlement_type    = [[Provinces of South Africa|Province]]
| image_skyline      = {{multiple image
 | total_width            = 280
 | border                 = infobox
 | perrow                 = 1/1/1/1/1/1
 | image1                = Johannesburg skyline 2017.jpg 
 | alt1                   =Skyline
 | caption1              = [[Johannesburg]], South Africa's financial Capital
 | image2                = Constitutional Court of South Africa.jpg
 | caption2              = [[Constitutional Court of South Africa]] located in 
   Johannesburg
 | image3                = The Union Building Pretoria.jpg
 | caption3             = [[Union Buildings]] The Official seat of South Africa's 
   Government
 | image4                 = Pretoria CBD1.jpg
 | caption4               = [[Pretoria]], South Africa's executive capital
 | image5                 = Suikerbosrand Gorge.jpg
 | caption5               = South African [[Highveld]]}}
| image_flag         = Flag_of_the_Gauteng_Province.png
| flag_size          = 120px
| image_shield       = Gauteng arms.svg
| motto              = [[Unity in Diversity]]
| image_map          = Gauteng in South Africa.svg
| mapsize            = 
| map_alt            = Map showing the location of Gauteng in the north-central part of South Africa
| map_caption        = Location of Gauteng in South Africa
| coordinates        = {{coord|26|27|08|S|28|11|23|E|display=inline}}
| subdivision_type   = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{RSA}}
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 28 April 1994
| seat_type          = Capital
| seat               = [[Johannesburg]]
| parts_type         = [[Municipalities of South Africa|Municipalities]]
| government_footnotes = <!-- for references: use<ref> tags -->
| government_type    = [[Parliamentary system]]
| leader_party       = [[African National Congress|ANC]]
| leader_title       = [[Premier of Gauteng|Premier]]
| leader_name        = [[Panyaza Lesufi]]
| leader_title1      = Legislature
| leader_name1       = [[Gauteng Provincial Legislature]]
<!-- area ---------------------->| area_footnotes     = <ref name="cib2011">{{cite book |title=Census 2011: Census in brief |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/census/census_2011/census_products/Census_2011_Census_in_brief.pdf |publisher=Statistics South Africa |location=Pretoria |year=2012 |isbn=9780621413885 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513171240/http://www.statssa.gov.za/census/census_2011/census_products/Census_2011_Census_in_brief.pdf |archive-date=13 May 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 18176
| area_rank          = [[List of South African provinces by area|9th in South Africa]]
| elevation_min_m    = 
| elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use<ref> tags -->
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use<ref> tags -->
| population_total   = 15099422
| population_as_of   = 2022
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite report |title=South African Census, 2022 |publisher=Statistics South Africa |date=16 May 2024 |page=1 |url=https://census.statssa.gov.za/ |access-date=16 May 2024 |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516142710/https://census.statssa.gov.za/#/province/1/2 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = 831
| population_rank    = [[List of South African provinces by population|1st in South Africa]]
| population_density_rank = [[List of South African provinces by population density|1st in South Africa]]
| population_demonym = <!-- demonym, i.e. Liverpudlian for someone from Liverpool -->
| timezone1          = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]]
| utc_offset1        = +2
| iso_code           = ZA-GP
| website            = {{URL|www.gauteng.gov.za}}
| footnotes          = 
| p1                 = [[City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality|City of Johannesburg]]
| p2                 = [[City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality|City of Tshwane]]
| p3                 = [[Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality|City of Ekurhuleni]]
| p4                 = [[Sedibeng District Municipality|Sedibeng]]
| p5                 = [[West Rand District Municipality|West Rand]]
<!-- government type, leaders -->| elevation_max_m    = 1913
| population_note    = <!-- demographics (section 1) -->
| demographics_type1 = Population groups (2022)
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="cib2011" />
| demographics1_title1 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black]]
| demographics1_info1 = 84.6%
| demographics1_title2 = [[White South African|White]]
| demographics1_info2 = 10.0%
| demographics1_title3 = [[Coloured South African|Coloured]]
| demographics1_info3 = 2.9%
| demographics1_title4 = [[Indian South African|Indian]] or [[Asian South African|Asian]]
| demographics1_info4 = 2.2%
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->| demographics_type2 = Languages (2022)
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web | url=https://census.statssa.gov.za/#/province/1/2 | title=Statistics South Africa &#124; Census Dissemination }}</ref>
| demographics2_title1 = [[Zulu language|Zulu]]
| demographics2_info1 = 23.1%
| demographics2_title2 = [[Sotho language|Southern Sotho]]
| demographics2_info2 = 13.1%
| demographics2_title4 = [[Northern Sotho language|Sepedi]]
| demographics2_info4 = 12.6%
| demographics2_title5 = [[Tswana language|Tswana]]
| demographics2_info5 = 10.4%
| demographics2_title6 = [[English language|English]]
| demographics2_info6 = 9.2%
| demographics2_title7 = [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]]
| demographics2_info7 = 9.1%
| demographics2_title8 = [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]]
| demographics2_info8 = 6.5%
| demographics2_title9 = [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]]
| demographics2_info9 = 6.1%
| demographics2_title10 = [[Languages of South Africa|Other languages]]
| demographics2_info10 = 9.7%
| blank_name_sec2    = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2021)
| blank_info_sec2    = 0.736<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13|archive-date=23 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923120638/https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|url-status=live}}</ref><br />{{color|#090|high}} · [[List of South African provinces by Human Development Index|2nd of 9]]
<!-- GDP -------------->| blank1_name_sec1   = GDP
| blank1_info_sec1   = [[US$]]134.7 billion<ref name=":0">{{citation|title=Provincial gross domestic product:experimental estimates, 2013–2022|url=https://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/D04411/D044112022.pdf|website=www.statssa.gov.za}}</ref>
| nickname           = {{lang|so|Maboneng}} ([[Sotho-Tswana language|Sotho]]: Place of Lights)
}}

{{Infobox South African
| name = Gauteng
| zu   = {{lang|zu|eGoli}}
| xh   = {{lang|xh|iRhawuti}}
| af   = {{lang|af|Gauteng}}
| nso  = {{lang|nso|Gauteng}}
| ss   = {{lang|ss|Gauteng}}
| st   = {{lang|st|Gauteng}}
| tn   = {{lang|tn|Gauteng}}
| ts   = {{lang|ts|eXilungwini}}
| ve   = {{lang|ve|Makhuwani}}
| nr   = {{lang|nr|iRhawuteng}}
}}

'''Gauteng''' ({{IPAc-en|x|aʊ|ˈ|t|ɛ|ŋ}} {{respell|khow|TENG}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/gauteng|title=Gauteng|work=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009211805/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/gauteng|archive-date=2018-10-09|access-date=2018-10-09}}</ref> {{IPA|sot|xɑ́.úˈtʼèŋ̀|lang}}; [[Sotho-Tswana languages|Sotho-Tswana]] for 'place of gold'; {{langx|zu|eGoli}} or {{lang|zu|iGoli}} {{IPA|zu|îːˈɡóːlì|}}) is one of the nine [[provinces of South Africa]].

Situated on the [[Highveld]], Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in [[South Africa]]. Although Gauteng accounts for only 1.5% of the country's land area, it is the most populous province in [[South Africa]], with more than a quarter (26%) of the national population;<ref name="StatsZaGp">{{cite book |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/StatsInBrief/StatsInBrief2006.pdf |title=Stats in brief, 2006 |publisher=Statistics South Africa |year=2006 |isbn=0-621-36558-0 |location=Pretoria |page=3 |access-date=14 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226001213/http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/StatsInBrief/StatsInBrief2006.pdf%20 |archive-date=26 December 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> the provincial population was approximately 16.1 million, according to mid-year 2022 estimates.<ref name="Stats01">{{cite web |date=2019 |title=Mid-year population estimates |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0302/P03022019.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729223342/http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0302/P03022019.pdf |archive-date=29 July 2019 |access-date=11 April 2019 |website=Statistics South Africa}}</ref> Highly urbanised, the province's capital is also the country's largest city, [[Johannesburg]]. Gauteng is the wealthiest province in South Africa and is considered the financial hub of South Africa; the financial activity is mostly concentrated in Johannesburg. It also contains the administrative capital, [[Pretoria]], and other large areas such as [[Midrand]], [[Vanderbijlpark]], [[Ekurhuleni]] and the affluent [[Sandton]]. The largest township, Soweto, is also found in this province. Politically, it is the closest contested province between the ANC and the DA in South Africa.<ref name="News24">{{Cite web |last=Boonzaaier |first=Dawie |title=Gauteng and KZN: Agreements sealed as 'arrogant' EFF is cast aside |url=https://www.news24.com/citypress/politics/gauteng-and-kzn-agreements-sealed-as-arrogant-eff-is-cast-aside-20240616 |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=City Press |language=en-US}}</ref>