Mohlakeng
Mohlakeng is a township west of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa. Mohlakeng has an elevation of 1,705 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Randfontein and Bekkersdal.
Randfontein
Town
Photo: Leo za1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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″ southLongitude
27.69694° or 27° 41′ 49″ eastElevation
1,705 metres (5,594 feet)Open location code
5G59QMFW+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 262710266OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mohlakeng”. Photo: Profberger, CC BY-SA 3.0.