Mamelodi

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.

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Settlement.name: Mamelodi
Settlement.image_skyline: Mamelodi.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Mamelodi
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Gauteng#South Africa#Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Gauteng
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: City of Tshwane
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1945
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 45.19
Settlement.population_total: 1,500,000
Settlement.population_as_of: 2024

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Image: Mamelodi.JPG
Dialing code: 012

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Commons category: Mamelodi
inception: 1945-01-01
postal code: 0101

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Etymology
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Education
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Secondary and high schools
Tertiary education
Society and culture
Social organisations
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Life in Mamelodi
Crime
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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.

==Etymology== "Mamelodi" is the name derived from the Sepedi word with the prefix being "ma" meaning mother, and the suffix "melodi" meaning melodies. Its meaning can be translated to mean Mother of Whistles.