List of municipalities in Gauteng

Gauteng province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into three metropolitan municipalities and two district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into seven local municipalities.

In the following map, the metropolitan and district municipalities are shaded with various colours, the metropolitan municipalities are labelled with letters, and the local municipalities are numbered.

District and metropolitan municipalities

Map key	Name	Code	Seat	Area (km²)	Population (2011)[1]	Pop. density (per km²)
J	City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality	JHB	Johannesburg	1,645	4,434,827	2,695.9
T	City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality	TSH	Pretoria	6,345	2,921,488	460.4
E	Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality	EKU	Germiston	1,924	3,178,470	1,652.0
5–7	Sedibeng District Municipality	DC42	Vereeniging	4,177	916,484	219.4
1–4	West Rand District Municipality	DC48	Randfontein	4,087	820,995	200.9

Local and metropolitan municipalities

Map key	Name	Code	District	Seat	Area (km²)	Population (2011)[1]	Pop. density (per km²)
J	City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality	JHB		Johannesburg	1,645	4,434,827	2,695.9
T	City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality	TSH		Pretoria	6,345	2,921,488	460.4
E	Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality	EKU		Germiston	1,924	3,178,470	1,652.0
5	Emfuleni Local Municipality	GT421	Sedibeng	Vanderbijlpark	966	721,663	747.1
7	Lesedi Local Municipality	GT423	Sedibeng	Heidelberg	1,484	99,520	67.1
4	Merafong City Local Municipality	GT484	West Rand	Carletonville	1,631	197,520	121.1
6	Midvaal Local Municipality	GT422	Sedibeng	Meyerton	1,722	95,301	55.3
1	Mogale City Local Municipality	GT481	West Rand	Krugersdorp	1,342	362,422	270.1
2	Randfontein Local Municipality	GT482	West Rand	Randfontein	475	149,286	314.3
3	Westonaria Local Municipality	GT483	West Rand	Westonaria	640	111,767	174.6

References

1. "Census 2011: Municipal Fact Sheet" (PDF). Statistics South Africa. 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.