Westonaria

Westonaria is a town in the west of Gauteng province of South Africa. It is situated in the Rand West City Local Municipality, part of the West Rand District Municipality. During the apartheid era, Africans lived outside town in Bekkersdal. The town is some 45 km west of Johannesburg and 18 km south of Randfontein.

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Settlement.name: Westonaria
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Gauteng#South 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.established_date: 1948
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 12.65
Settlement.population_total: 10259
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Area: 12.65
Elevation: 1657
Dialing code: 011

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postal code: 1780
official blog URL: westonaria.co.za

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==History== It was formed in 1948 by the amalgamation of the townships Venterspost, proclaimed in 1937, and Westonaria, proclaimed in 1938. First called Venterspost, the name was changed to Westonaria when municipal status was attained in 1952. The name is a homophone of ‘western area’, after the township developing company Western Areas Ltd.