Sedibeng District Municipality
Sedibeng | |
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Seal | |
Location in Gauteng | |
| Coordinates: 26°30′S 28°15′E / 26.500°S 28.250°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Seat | Vereeniging |
| Local municipalities | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Busisiwe Modisakeng |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,173 km2 (1,611 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,039,908 |
| • Density | 249.2/km2 (645.4/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2021) | |
| • Black African | 81% |
| • Coloured | 1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1% |
| • White | 17% |
| First languages (2021) | |
| • Sotho | 46.7% |
| • Zulu | 16.0% |
| • Afrikaans | 15.2% |
| • Xhosa | 7.1% |
| • Other | 15% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | DC42 |
The Sedibeng District Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa Sedibeng; Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda sase Sedibeng; Afrikaans: Sedibeng-distriktsmunisipaliteit) is one of the districts of the Gauteng province of South Africa. The administrative seat of the district is Vereeniging. As of 2011, the most widely spoken language among its 794,605 inhabitants was Sesotho.