Рандфонтейн
Sign in to saveRandfontein is a gold mining town in the West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa, west of Johannesburg. With the Witwatersrand gold rush in full swing, mining financier JB Robinson bought the farm Randfontein and, in 1889, floated the Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company. The town was established in 1890 to serve the new mine and was administered by Krugersdorp until it became a municipality in 1929.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Randfontein
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Town Hall Randfontein-002.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Randfontein Town Hall
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Gauteng#South Africa#Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gauteng
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- West Rand
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Rand West City
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 186.42
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1709
- Settlement.population_total
- 80492
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Rand West City Local Municipality
- Elevation
- 1709
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Rand West City Local Municipality
- Image
- Town Hall Randfontein-002.jpg
- Dialing code
- 011
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- postal code
- 1760
- Commons category
- Randfontein
- inception
- 1890-01-01
Sources (3)
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Article · Русский
Ра́ндфонтейн (Randfontein) — административный центр местного муниципалитета Рандфонтейн и района Уэст-Ранд в провинции Гаутенг (ЮАР). Расположен в 45 км к западу от Йоханнесбурга. Когда в конце XIX века в Витватерсранде началась золотая лихорадка, то в 1889 году Джозеф Робинсон купил ферму Рандфонтейн и в 1889 году основал «Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company». В 1890 году при новой шахте возник населённый пункт, который получил статус города в 1929 году.
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