Rosslyn is an industrial suburb of Akasia, 29 km north-west of Pretoria and part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa.[2]
Rosslyn
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  Rosslyn Show map of Gauteng  Rosslyn Show map of South Africa | |
| Coordinates: 25°37′30″S 28°05′20″E / 25.625°S 28.089°E / -25.625; 28.089 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Tshwane |
| Main Place | Akasia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.89 km2 (0.34 sq mi) |
| Population
(2011)[1]
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| • Total | 2,960 |
| • Density | 3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 98.8% |
| • Coloured | 0.2% |
| • White | 0.7% |
| • Other | 0.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Northern Sotho | 26.4% |
| • Tswana | 24.1% |
| • English | 11.1% |
| • Zulu | 9.9% |
| • Other | 28.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) |
0182
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| PO box |
0200
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This industrialized area is best known for its automotive industry, in particular the BMW South Africa factory, which opened in 1968, BMW's first factory outside Europe[3] as well as the Nissan South Africa factory, manufacturing a vast range of motor vehicles, trucks, light delivery vans (LDV's, locally known as bakkies) and 4X4 offroaders and the IVECO too has a plant.[4]
In 2012, vehicle manufacturing plants in South Africa contributed about 6.2% to the country's gross domestic product.[5]
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