Mamelodi
Sign in to saveMamelodi 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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- Mamelodi
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- Mamelodi
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- South Africa Gauteng#South Africa#Africa
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- Country
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- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
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- Gauteng
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- District
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- Municipality
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- City of Tshwane
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- Main Place
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- Established
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- 1945
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- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 45.19
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,500,000
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2024
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- Secondary and high schools
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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.