Soweto

Soweto
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	Johannesburg
Established	{{#property:P571}}
Area <ref name="census2011">"Main Place Soweto". Census 2011. </ref>
• Total	200.03 km2 (77.23 sq mi)
Population  (2011)<ref name="census2011" />
• Total	1,271,628
• Density	6,400/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) <ref name="census2011" />
• Black African	98.5%
• Coloured	1.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) <ref name="census2011" />
• Zulu	37.1%
• Sotho	15.5%
• Tswana	12.9%
• Tsonga	8.9%
• Other	25.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1808
Area code	011
Website	www.Soweto.gov.za

Soweto (/səˈwɛtoʊ, -ˈweɪt-, -ˈwiːt-/) is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south.

References

1. SA History, Soweto, 22 March 2019