Soshanguve

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Soshanguve
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Coordinates: 25°31′25″S 28°6′0″E / 25.52361°S 28.10000°E / -25.52361; 28.10000
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Tshwane
Main Place	Pretoria
Area [1]
• Total	126.77 km2 (48.95 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[1]
• Total	906,000
• Density	7,100/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.2%
• Coloured	0.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Northern Sotho	28.2%
• Tswana	16.7%
• Tsonga	15.1%
• Zulu	13.6%
• Other	26.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	0152
PO box	0164
Area code	012

Soshanguve is a township situated about 30 km north of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, just east of Mabopane. The name Soshanguve is an acronym for Sotho, Shangaan, Nguni and Venda, thus showing the multi-ethnic composition of the population. The major African languages of South Africa are heard in Soshanguve.