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'''Soweto''' ({{IPAc-en|s|ə|ˈ|w|ɛ|t|oʊ|,_|-|ˈ|w|eɪ|t|-|,_|-|ˈ|w|iː|t|-}}){{refn|{{Citation |last=Jones |first=Daniel |author-link=Daniel Jones (phonetician) |title=English Pronouncing Dictionary |editor=Peter Roach |editor2=James Hartmann |editor3=Jane Setter |place=Cambridge |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |orig-year=1917 |year=2003 |isbn=3-12-539683-2 }}}}{{refn|{{Dictionary.com|Soweto}}}} is a [[Township (South Africa)|township]] of the [[City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality]] in [[Gauteng]], [[South Africa]], bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English [[syllabic abbreviation]] for '''''So'''uth '''We'''stern '''To'''wnships''.<ref>Pirie, G.H. Letters, words, worlds: the naming of Soweto. ''African Studies'', 43 (1984), 43–51.</ref> Formerly a separate municipality, it is now incorporated in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, and is one of the [[suburbs of Johannesburg]].