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==Etymology== The name ''Gauteng'' is derived from [[Sotho–Tswana languages|Sotho-Tswana]] {{lang|st|gauta}}, meaning 'gold'.<ref name="GautengRenamed"/> There was a thriving gold industry in the province following the [[Witwatersrand Gold Rush|1886 discovery of gold in Johannesburg]].<ref name="GPG-about1">{{cite web |url=http://www.gpg.gov.za/frames/gallery-f.html |title=About Gauteng |publisher=Gauteng Provincial Government |access-date=25 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804052004/http://www.gpg.gov.za/frames/gallery-f.html |archive-date=4 August 2008 }}</ref> In [[Sotho language|Sesotho]], [[Tswana language|Setswana]] and [[Northern Sotho language|Sepedi]] the name {{lang|st|Gauteng}} was used for Johannesburg and surrounding areas long before it was adopted in 1994 as the official name of the province.
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