Mohlakeng

Mohlakeng is a township west of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa. Mohlakeng has an elevation of 1,705 metres.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Randfontein and Bekkersdal.

Randfontein

Town

Randfontein is a gold mining town in the West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa, 40 km 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. Randfontein is situated 6 km north of Mohlakeng.

Bekkersdal

Suburb

Photo: Wesley Fester, CC BY 2.0.

Bekkersdal is a township situated 7 km east of Westonaria and 14 km south of Randfontein in the Gauteng province. It was established in 1945, to house Africans who worked in town and at the surrounding gold mines. Bekkersdal is situated 6 km south of Mohlakeng.

Rietvallei

Suburb

Rietvallei is a township west of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located at the southern end of the Mogale City Local Municipality in the West Rand District Municipality, just south-west of Kagiso. Rietvallei is situated 7 km northeast of Mohlakeng.

Mohlakeng

Type: Suburb
Description: place in Gauteng, South Africa
Categories: South African township and locality
Location: Randfontein Local Municipality, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-26.22556° or 26° 13′ 32″ south

Longitude

27.69694° or 27° 41′ 49″ east

Elevation

1,705 metres (5,594 feet)

Open location code

5G59QMFW+QQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 262710266

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

974919

Wikidata ID

Q6894238

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Mohlakeng” goes by many names.

Afrikaans: “Mohlakeng”
Estonian: “Mohlakeng”
French: “Mohlakeng”
Pedi: “Mohlakeng”
Swedish: “Mohlakeng”
Tswana: “Mohlakeng”
Turkish: “Mohlakeng”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Thuto Lehakwe Secondary School and Mohlakeng Cemetery.

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