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List of municipalities in Gauteng
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Gauteng province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into three metropolitan municipalities and two district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into six local municipalities.
District and metropolitan municipalities
| Name | Code | Seat | title=2016 Boundaries | type=Shapefile | website=Municipal Demarcation Board | date=2016 | url=http://www.demarcation.org.za/site/shapefiles/}} | title=Community Survey 2016 | type=Data file | website=Statistics South Africa | date=2016 | url=http://interactive2.statssa.gov.za/webapi | access-date=2017-02-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920075115/http://interactive2.statssa.gov.za/webapi/ | archive-date=2018-09-20 | url-status=dead }} | Pop. density | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (per km2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality | EKU | Germiston | 1,975 | 3,379,104 | 1,710.6 | |||||||||||||
| City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality | JHB | Johannesburg | 1,645 | 4,949,347 | 3,008.8 | |||||||||||||
| City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality | TSH | Pretoria | 6,298 | 3,275,152 | 520.0 | |||||||||||||
| Sedibeng District Municipality | DC42 | Vereeniging | 4,173 | 957,528 | 229.5 | |||||||||||||
| West Rand District Municipality | DC48 | Randfontein | 4,087 | 838,594 | 205.2 |
Local municipalities
| Name | Code | District | Seat | Area | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (km2) | Population | ||||||
| (2016) | Pop. density | ||||||
| (per km2) | |||||||
| Emfuleni Local Municipality | GT421 | Sedibeng | Vanderbijlpark | 966 | 733,445 | 759.3 | |
| Midvaal Local Municipality | GT422 | Sedibeng | Meyerton | 1,722 | 111,612 | 64.8 | |
| Lesedi Local Municipality | GT423 | Sedibeng | Heidelberg | 1,484 | 112,472 | 75.8 | |
| Mogale City Local Municipality | GT481 | West Rand | Krugersdorp | 1,342 | 383,864 | 286.0 | |
| Merafong City Local Municipality | GT484 | West Rand | Carletonville | 1,631 | 188,843 | 115.8 | |
| Rand West City Local Municipality | GT485 | West Rand | Randfontein | 1,115 | 265,887 | 238.5 |
Former municipalities
These municipalities have been dissolved since the current system of local government was established in 2000.
| Name | Code | Dissolved | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metsweding District Municipality | DC46 | 18 May 2011 | Incorporated into the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality |
| Nokeng tsa Taemane Local Municipality | GT461 | 18 May 2011 | |
| Kungwini Local Municipality | GT462 | 18 May 2011 | |
| Randfontein Local Municipality | GT482 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Rand West City Local Municipality |
| Westonaria Local Municipality | GT483 | 3 August 2016 |
References
References
- (2016). "2016 Boundaries".
- (2016). "Community Survey 2016".
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