Bekkersdal
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wesley Fester, CC BY 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mohlakeng and Westonaria.
Mohlakeng
Suburb
Mohlakeng is a township west of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa. Mohlakeng is situated 6 km north of Bekkersdal.
Westonaria
Suburb
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. Westonaria is situated 6 km southwest of Bekkersdal.
Venterspos
Suburb
Venterspos is a town in West Rand District Municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It was proclaimed in 1937. Venterspos is situated 8 km west of Bekkersdal.
Bekkersdal
- Type: Suburb
- Description: place in Gauteng, South Africa
- Categories: South African township and locality
- Location: Westonaria, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.28222° or 26° 16′ 56″ southLongitude
27.70139° or 27° 42′ 5″ eastElevation
1,584 metres (5,197 feet)Open location code
5G59PP92+4HOpenStreetMap ID
node 262694994OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Bekkersdal” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Bekkersdal”
- Estonian: “Bekkersdal”
- French: “Bekkersdal”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bekkersdal”
- Norwegian: “Bekkersdal”
- Pedi: “Bekkersdal”
- Romanian: “Bekkersdal”
- Tswana: “Bekkersdal”
- Turkish: “Bekkersdal”
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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 “Bekkersdal”. Photo: Wesley Fester, CC BY 2.0.