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West Rand District Municipality

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Country
  
South Africa

Time zone
  
SAST (UTC+2)

Area
  
4,087 km²

Mayor
  
Mpho Nawa

University
  
Southern business school

Seat
  
Randfontein

Municipal code
  
DC48

White population
  
16.7%

Province
  
Gauteng

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Local municipalities
  
List Mogale City Randfontein Westonaria Merafong City

Points of interest
  
Cradle of Humankind, Sterkfontein, Wonder Cave, Lesedi Cultural Village, Lion and Safari Park

Destinations
  
Cradle of Humankind, Magaliesburg, Krugersdorp, Muldersdrift, Randfontein

West Rand District Municipality is one of the districts of Gauteng province of South Africa, that covers the West Rand area, with the exception of Roodepoort. The seat of the district municipality is Randfontein. The most spoken language of its 744 168 people is Setswana (2001 Census). The district code is CBDC8.

Contents

Map of West Rand, South Africa

Neighbours

West Rand is surrounded by:

  • Bojanala Platinum (DC37) to the north
  • Tshwane (Pretoria) to the north-east
  • Johannesburg to the east
  • Sedibeng (DC42) to the south-east
  • Dr Kenneth Kaunda (DC40) to the south-west

    • Local municipalities

    The district contains the following local municipalities:

    Demographics

    The following statistics are from the 2011

    census.

    Election results

    Election results for West Rand in the South African general election, 2004.

  • Population 18 and over: 535 436 [71.95% of total population]
  • Total votes: 267 225 [35.91% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 49.91% votes as a % of population 18 and over

    • References

    West Rand District Municipality Wikipedia
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