Allanridge

Allanridge is a gold-mining town in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province in South Africa. It is the main centre of the Loraine Gold Mining Company and is dominated by the tall headgear and complex reduction works that processes thousands of tons of gold-bearing ore every month.

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Settlement.name: Allanridge
Settlement.image_skyline: Allanridge Township, Uitenhage, South Africa.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: The Shantytown outside of the Allanridge Community Center
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Free State#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Free State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Lejweleputswa
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Matjhabeng
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1947
Settlement.government_type: Municipality
Settlement.leader_party: ANC
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Area: 31.7
Elevation: 1322
Image: Allanridge Township, Uitenhage, South Africa.jpg
Dialing code: 057

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postal code: 9490
inception: 1947-01-01

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Allanridge established as a settlement in the Free State goldfields in 1947 and was named after Allan Roberts whose borehole's proximity to the gold-bearing reef was the precursor to the mining in the area. The town layout was designed by town planner William Backhouse, who also planned Welkom, the second-largest city in the Free State province. It became a municipality on 21 December 1956 but this changed on the 5 December 2000 when it was incorporated into the Matjhabeng Local Municipality with the city of Welkom and the towns of Hennenman, Odendaalsrus, Ventersburg and Virginia.