Randfontein

Randfontein is a gold mining town in the , , South Africa, 40 km west of . With the gold rush in full swing, mining financier JB Robinson bought the farm Randfontein and, in 1889, floated the Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company.
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  • Town with about 134,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,710 metres (5,610 feet)

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mohlakeng and Azaadville.
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Randfontein

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Latitude
-26.1736° or 26° 10′ 25″ south
Longitude
27.6942° or 27° 41′ 39″ east
UN/LOCODE
ZA RFT
Open location code
5G59RMGV+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262721988
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
963230
Wiki­data ID
Q744437

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Randfontein” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Randfontein”
  • Asturian: “Randfontein”
  • Catalan: “Randfontein”
  • Cebuano: “Randfontein (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Randfontein”
  • Chinese: “兰德方丹”
  • Chinese: “蘭德方丹”
  • Chinese: “蘭德方坦”
  • Dutch: “Randfontein”
  • Esperanto: “Randfontein”
  • Estonian: “Randfontein”
  • French: “Randfontein”
  • German: “Randfontein”
  • Italian: “Randfontein”
  • Japanese: “ランドフォンテイン”
  • Japanese: “ランドホンテイン”
  • Lithuanian: “Randfonteinas”
  • Malagasy: “Randfontein”
  • Pedi: “Randfontein”
  • Polish: “Randfontein”
  • Romanian: “Randfontein”
  • Russian: “Рандфонтейн”
  • Shona: “Randfontein”
  • Slovenian: “Randfontein”
  • South Ndebele: “IRandfontein”
  • Spanish: “Randfontein”
  • Swahili: “Randfontein”
  • Swedish: “Randfontein”
  • Ukrainian: “Рандфонтейн”
  • Urdu: “رینڈفونٹین”
  • Xhosa: “Randfontein”
  • Zulu: “Randfontein”

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