Gauteng is by far the smallest - and most densely populated - of South Africa’s provinces, with its mere 17 010 square kilometres of land area making it slightly smaller than the US state of New Jersey.

A landlocked province, it southern border follows the Vaal River, which separates it from the Free State. Its other provincial neighbours are North West to the Wets, Limpopo to the north and Mpumalanga to the east. The major cities include Johannesburg, the economic powerhouse of South Africa and the provincial capital, South Africa’s capital city of Pretoria, Vereeniging, Vanderbijl Park, Germiston and Krugersdorp.

Gauteng is mainly high-altitude grassland known as the highveld. Low parallel ridges and undulating hills run between Johannesburg and Pretoria, part of the Magaliesberg Mountains and the Witwatersrand. The north is more subtropical, with a lower altitude and dry savannah.

Economy
Gauteng recorded an economic growth rate of 5.7% during 2007, and 6% growth in 2006. It has by far the largest economy in South Africa, valued at R668.9-billion and contributing 33.5% to South Africa’s GDP.

Gauteng’s largest industry is finance,real estate and business services (22% in 2007), followed by manufacturing (19.6%).Unsurprisingly for a highly urbanised province, agriculture, forestry and fishing makes the smallest contribution to the regional economy.

For Gauteng Accommodation Listings click > here<

Previous page