page_title: City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Ekurhuleni mayor Mondli Gungubele with Professor John D Kasarda
context_page_description: The City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of the East Rand region of Gauteng, South Africa. The municipality itself is a large suburban region east of Johannesburg. The name Ekurhuleni means place of peace in XiTsonga. Ekurhuleni is one of the five districts of Gauteng province and one of the eight metropolitan municipalities of South Africa. The seat of Ekurhuleni is Germiston. The most common native language spoken by its 3.17 million people is IsiZulu, as of the 2001 Census. OR Tambo International Airport falls in the Kempton Park area of Ekurhuleni.
context_section_description: As of 2014 the GDP of Ekurhuleni was estimated at over US$55 billion (PPP), being US$17,361 per person.
  Ekurhuleni has an active workforce of 1.6 million people of whom 28.8% are unemployed. Ekurhuleni makes up 6.2% of national production.
  Ekurhuleni has in Rand Refinery the largest integrated single-site precious metals refining and smelting complex in the world.
caption: Professor John D. Kasarda with Ekurhuleni mayor Mondli Gungubele
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