Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga
iMpumalanga
iPumalanga
Coat of arms of Mpumalanga
Motto: 
Omnia labor vincit (Labour will conquer all)
Map showing the location of Mpumalanga in the eastern part of South Africa
Location of Mpumalanga in South Africa
CountrySouth Africa
Established27 April 1994
CapitalMbombela
Districts
Government
 • TypeParliamentary system
 • PremierMandla Ndlovu (ANC)
 • LegislatureMpumalanga Provincial Legislature
Area
[1]: 9 
 • Total76,495 km2 (29,535 sq mi)
 • Rank8th in South Africa
Highest elevation
2,331 m (7,648 ft)
Population
 (2022)[2]
 • Total5,142,216
 • Rank6th in South Africa
 • Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
  • Rank3rd in South Africa
Population groups (2022)
 • Black95.3%
 • White3.6%
 • Coloured0.6%
 • Indian or Asian0.5%
 • Other0.5%
Languages (2022)
 • Swazi30.5%
 • Zulu27.8%
 • Tsonga10.6%
 • Pedi10.3%
 • Southern Ndebele9.9%
 • Afrikaans3.2%
 • Southern Sotho2.3%
 • English1.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
ISO 3166 codeZA-MP
HDI (2019)0.675[3]
medium · 7th of 9
GDPUS$58.2 billion[4]
Websitewww.mpumalanga.gov.za Edit this at Wikidata

26°S 30°E / 26°S 30°E / -26; 30 Mpumalanga (/əmˌpməˈlɑːŋɡə/) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Nguni languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It shares borders with the South African provinces of Limpopo to the north, Gauteng to the west, the Free State to the southwest, and KwaZulu-Natal to the south. The capital is Mbombela.[5]

Mpumalanga
ZuluiMpumalanga
AfrikaansMpumalanga
SepediMpumalanga
SwazieMpumalanga
SetswanaBotlhabatsatsi
XitsongaVuhuma-dyambu
Southern NdebeleiPumalanga

Mpumalanga was formed in 1994, when the area that was the Eastern Transvaal was merged with the former bantustans KaNgwane, KwaNdebele and parts of Lebowa and Gazankulu. Although the contemporary borders of the province were only formed at the end of apartheid, the region and its surroundings have a history that extends back thousands of years. Much of its history, and current significance is as a region of trade.[6]

  1. ^ Census 2011: Census in brief (PDF). Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2012. ISBN 978-0-621-41388-5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistical Release - Census 2022" (PDF). statssa.gov.za. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Provincial gross domestic product:experimental estimates, 2013–2022" (PDF), www.statssa.gov.za
  5. ^ "Home". www.mbombela.gov.za. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  6. ^ Delius, Peter (2007). Mpumalanga : history and heritage. University of Kwazulu-Natal Press. OCLC 608393212.