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Mamelodi | |
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Mama | |
Coordinates: 25°42′08″S 28°19′39″E / 25.70222°S 28.32750°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Tshwane |
Established | 1945[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 45.19 km2 (17.45 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 334,577 |
• Density | 7,400/km2 (19,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 98.9% |
• Coloured | 0.4% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
• White | 0.1% |
• Other | 0.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Northern Sotho | 42.3% |
• Zulu | 12.2% |
• Tsonga | 10.7% |
• S. Ndebele | 8.8% |
• Other | 26.0% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 0122 |
PO box | 0101 |
Area code | +27 (0)12 |
Website | www.powerfulone.webs.com |
Mamelodi is a township northeast of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. A part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, it was set up by the then apartheid government in 1953.