Ga-Rankuwa | |
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Coordinates: 25°37′12″S 27°58′48″E / 25.62000°S 27.98000°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Tshwane |
Area | |
• Total | 52.18 km2 (20.15 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 90,945 |
• Density | 1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.2% |
• Coloured | 0.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 0.1% |
• Other | 0.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 69.2% |
• Northern Sotho | 8.2% |
• Tsonga | 4.2% |
• Zulu | 3.8% |
• Other | 14.6% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 0221 |
PO box | 0208 |
Area code | 012 |
Ga-Rankuwa is a large settlement located about 37 km north-west of Pretoria. Provincially it is in Gauteng province, but it used to fall in Bophuthatswana during the apartheid years, and under the North West province until the early 2000s.