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Sign in to saveThe Highveld (Afrikaans: Hoëveld, , ) is the portion of the South African inland plateau which has an altitude above roughly , but below , thus excluding the Lesotho mountain regions to the south-east of the Highveld. It is home to some of the country's most important commercial farming areas, as well as its largest concentration of metropolitan centres, especially the Gauteng conurbation, which accommodates one-third of South Africa's population.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Highveld
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Natural region
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Highveld in Gauteng Province.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Highveld in winter in Gauteng Province north of Johannesburg
- Settlement.image_map
- Great Escarpment map 1.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- A map of South Africa showing the central plateau edged by the Great Escarpment and its relationship to the Highveld and Lesotho Highlands: The portion of the Great Escarpment shown in red is officially known as the Drakensberg, although most South Africans think of the Drakensberg as only that portion of the escarpment which forms the border between KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho. Here, the escarpment rises to its greatest height, over 3000 m.
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South AfricaLesotho
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 400000
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ecoregion
- Country
- South Africa
- Area
- 400000
- Image
- Highveld in Gauteng Province.jpg
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- Commons category
- Highveld
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