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

Local municipalities ListMogale CityRandfonteinWestonariaMerafong 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.

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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