City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
metropolitan municipality in Gauteng, South Africa
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (Afrikaans: Stad Tshwane Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Toropokgolo ya Tshwane; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Toropokgolo ya Tshwane), also known as the City of Tshwane (), is the metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng in South Africa. The metropolitan area is centred on the city of Pretoria with surrounding towns and localities included in the local government area.
History
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 municipality with effect from 18 May 2011 (the date of the 2011 municipal elections).
Geography
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality's land area increased from 2,198 square kilometres (849 mi2) in 2010 to 6,368 square kilometres (2,459 mi2) after the incorporation of Metsweding. Since 3 August 2016 (the date of the 2016 municipal elections), the City of Tshwane has been the second largest metropolitan municipality by land area after Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality.
The Tswaing crater is in the northwest of Soshanguve.
Constituent areas
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality consists of the following areas:
Main places
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Demographics
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.
Ethnic group 2011 census
Ethnic group 2011 census (age 0–4)
Politics
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.
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