Mamelodi
Mamelodi | |
|---|---|
| Mams | |
Mamelodi | |
| 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 |
| Area | |
• Total | 45.19 km2 (17.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 1,500,000 |
| • Density | 33,000/km2 (86,000/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.