Rosslyn, South Africa
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Rosslyn is a suburb of Pretoria, part of the City of Tshwane Municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa.[1] This industrialized area is best known for its automotive industry, in particular the BMW factory, which opened in 1968, BMW's first factory outside Europe [2] 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.
In 2012, vehicle manufacturing plants in South Africa contributed about 6.2% to the country's gross domestic product.[3]
References
- ^ Google maps
- ^ History of the BMW plant in Rosslyn
- ^ Singh, Sukasha (April 2012). "BMW to add 600 jobs at Rosslyn plant". Mail&Guardian. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
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