Government Village

Government Village is a suburb in Randfontein Local Municipality, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng and has an elevation of 1,727 metres. Government Village is situated nearby to the suburb Westergloor, as well as near Aureus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mohlakeng and Randfontein.

Suburb

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 3½ km north of Government Village.

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 east of Government Village.

Latitude

-26.20472° or 26° 12′ 17″ south

Longitude

27.69806° or 27° 41′ 53″ east

Elevation

1,727 metres (5,666 feet)

Open location code

5G59QMWX+46

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

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