Rosslyn is an industrial suburb of Akasia, 29 km north-west of Pretoria and part of the City of Tshwane Municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa.[2]

Rosslyn
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Coordinates: 25.625°S 28.089°E / -25.625; 28.089
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Tshwane
Main Place	Akasia
Area [1]
• Total	0.89 km2 (0.34 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,960
• Density	3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	98.8%
• Coloured	0.2%
• White	0.7%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• 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
PO box	0200

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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