Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
| City of Tshwane | ||
|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan municipality | ||
|
||
.svg) Location in Gauteng |
||
| Coordinates: 25°40′S 28°20′E / 25.667°S 28.333°ECoordinates: 25°40′S 28°20′E / 25.667°S 28.333°E | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Gauteng | |
| Seat | Pretoria | |
| Wards | 107 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Solly Msimanga (DA) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 6,298 km2 (2,432 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 2,921,488 | |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 75.4% | |
| • Coloured | 2.0% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.8% | |
| • White | 20.1% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Northern Sotho | 19.9% | |
| • Afrikaans | 18.8% | |
| • Tswana | 15.0% | |
| • Tsonga | 8.6% | |
| • Other | 37.7% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | TSH | |
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality /ˈtswɑːnɛ/ (also known as the City of Tshwane) is the metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng Province, South Africa. The Metropolitan area is centred on the city of Pretoria with surrounding towns and localities included into the local government area.
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality was established on 5 December 2000, comprising 13 former city and town councils and managed under an executive mayoral system.
The Metsweding District Municipality was incorporated into the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, with effect from 18 May 2011 (the date of the 2011 municipal elections).
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality's land area increased from 2,198 square kilometres (849 sq mi) in 2010 to 6,368 square kilometres (2,459 sq mi) after the incorporation of Metsweding.
The Tswaing crater is in the northwest of Soshanguve.
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality consists of the following areas:
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
There were around 2,921,500 (2011 census) people living within the borders of Tshwane: 75.40% black, 20.08% white, 2.01% coloured and 1.84% Indian or Asian.
The municipal council consists of 214 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 107 are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 107 wards, while the remaining 107 are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016, the Democratic Alliance (DA) won a plurality of 93 seats on the council, but no party won a majority. On August 19, 2016, minority parties united with the DA to vote in DA mayoral candidate, Solly Msimanga as the first Democratic Alliance mayor of Tshwane. Msimanga appointed a mayoral committee coalition consisting of the DA, African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) and the Freedom Front Plus (FF+).
...
Wikipedia