States or Territories

Gauteng

Province

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Gauteng." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/gauteng.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Gauteng. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/gauteng

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-gauteng,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Gauteng},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/gauteng},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa and the smallest by land area, yet the most populous, holding more than a quarter of the national population. Its capital is Johannesburg, the country's largest city, and the 2022 population was 15,099,422 across an area of 18,176 square kilometers.

Facts

Capital

Johannesburg 1

Population

15,099,422 1

2022 figure from Gauteng's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2022 1

Area (sq km)

18,176 1

Latitude

26.45222 degrees south 1

Longitude

28.18972 degrees east 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

South Africa

Gauteng is a province of South Africa.

Source Gauteng (Wikipedia)

Soweto

Soweto is associated with Gauteng.

Source Soweto (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Gauteng (Wikipedia)

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Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa...Highly urbanised, the province's capital is also the country's largest city, Johannesburg.

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