Randfontein (municipality)

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Municipal area until 2016

Randfontein ( English Randfontein Local Municipality ) was a local municipality in the West Rand District , Gauteng Province in South Africa . In 2011, 149,286 inhabitants lived there on a total area of ​​475 km². The seat of the municipal administration was in Randfontein . The community name means something like "source in the Witwatersrand ". The motto was Industria crescemus ( Latin , German for example: "We grow through diligence").

The local church was merged with Westonaria Local Municipality in 2016 under the new name Rand West City .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census: Randfontein , accessed on March 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ Randfontein Local Municipality at nationalarchives.gov.za (English), accessed on March 9, 2018.
  3. ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Randfontein Local Municipality (GT482) . at www.municipalities.co.za (English).

Coordinates: 26 ° 10 ′  S , 27 ° 40 ′  E