Meyerton, Gauteng

Province

Meyerton is a town in the district of Sedibeng in Gauteng province in South Africa and is the seat of the municipality of Midvaal. In 2011, the population was 55,283.

Geography

Meyerton is located about 40 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg. In a south-westerly direction includes the cities of Vereeniging, Vanderbijlpark and Sasolburg formed industrial area, " Vaal Triangle" ( Vaal Triangle ) to. The regional road R59 runs through the city. The River Vaal flows around ten kilometers to the south.

Sometimes Meyerton is incorrectly referred to as location of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, which is, however, settled in the three- kilometers north of Henley-on - Klip, was established in 2007 on the initiative of Oprah Winfrey.

History

Johannes Petrus Meyer, an officer and gold prospector, founded the city in 1891, in the hope of finding gold in the area. In his honor, she was named Meyerton

Since 1994, Meyerton seat of the municipality of Midvaal.

Demographics

The determined in 2001 population of 24,215 people made ​​up as follows: 51.65 % Black African, 42.31 % White, 0.90% and 0.14 % Asian Coloured. Main language at this time was Afrikaans with 43.68 %, followed by Sesotho with 30.43 %, with 8.68% isiZulu, isiXhosa with 7.01%, 5.51% with English and other languages ​​with 4.69%.