Gauteng

/xaʊˈtɛŋ/ proper noun

A province of South Africa containing Johannesburg and Pretoria, the country's economic heartland.

From Sesotho 'gauta' (gold) + locative suffix '-eng', literally meaning 'place of gold'. Named for the vast gold deposits of the Witwatersrand that sparked the region's development.

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