Editing Germiston (section)

{{About|the city in South Africa|the district of Glasgow, Scotland|Germiston, Glasgow}}
{{Use South African English|date=May 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Germiston
| native_name             = {{native name|zu|kwaDukathole}}
| image_skyline           = Germiston CBD.jpg
| image_caption           = The Central Business District of Germiston
| pushpin_map             = South Africa Gauteng#South Africa
| coordinates             = {{coord|26|13|4|S|28|10|2|E|region:ZA_dim:50km|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[South Africa]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Gauteng]]
| subdivision_type2       = District
| subdivision_type3       = Municipality
| subdivision_name3       = [[Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality|Ekurhuleni]]
| subdivision_type4       = Main Place
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1886<ref name=established>{{cite thesis |last=Robson |first=Linda Gillian |title=The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact |date=2011 |type=PhD thesis |publisher=University of Pretoria |chapter=Annexure A |chapter-url=https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/26503/05back.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y#page=31 |url=https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/26503 |hdl=2263/26503 |pages=xlv–lii}}</ref>
| leader_title            = Councillor
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/797008 |title = Main Place Germiston |work=Census 2011}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 143.27
| elevation_m             = 1620
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="census2011" />
| population_total        = 255863
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_density_km2  = auto
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->
| demographics_type1      = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" />
| demographics1_title1    = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]]
| demographics1_info1     = 62.3%
| demographics1_title2    = [[Coloureds|Coloured]]
| demographics1_info2     = 2.3%
| demographics1_title3    = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]]
| demographics1_info3     = 3.0%
| demographics1_title4    = [[White South African|White]]
| demographics1_info4     = 31.3%
| demographics1_title5    = Other
| demographics1_info5     = 1.1%
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->
| demographics_type2      = [[First language]]s (2011)
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" />
| demographics2_title1    = [[South African English|English]]
| demographics2_info1     = 24.3%
| demographics2_title2    = [[Afrikaans]]
| demographics2_info2     = 16.6%
| demographics2_title3    = [[Zulu language|Zulu]]
| demographics2_info3     = 16.6%
| demographics2_title4    = [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]]
| demographics2_info4     = 9.4%
| demographics2_title5    = Other
| demographics2_info5     = 33.1%
<!-- blank fields (section 2) -->
<!-- Other information -->
| timezone1               = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]]
| utc_offset1             = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street)
| postal_code             = 1401
| postal2_code_type       = [[Post-office box|PO box]]
| postal2_code            = 1400
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]]
| area_code               = 011
}}

'''Germiston''', also known as '''kwaDukathole,'''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Doke|first=C.M|title=ZULU-ENG LISH DICTIONARY|publisher=WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY PRESS|year=1972|isbn=0 85494 027 8|location=JOHANNESBURG|pages=171|language=en, zu}}</ref> is a city in the [[East Rand]] region of [[Gauteng]], [[South Africa]], administratively forming part of the [[City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality]] since the latter's establishment in 2000. It functions as the municipal seat of Ekurhuleni, hosting the municipal council and administration.

Originally a mining town established in 1886 at the start of the [[Witwatersrand Gold Rush]], Germiston has since developed into one of the largest manufacturing, trucking and railway hubs in Africa, and is a major centre of the South African steel industry.