East Rand
The East Rand is a major urban area located in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is the urban eastern part of Witwatersrand that is functionally merged with the Johannesburg conurbation.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Primrose and Boksburg.
Primrose
Suburb
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Primrose is a suburb of Germiston in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa. It is an old residential area built in the early 1900s, in response to the gold rush. Primrose is situated 6 km west of East Rand.
Boksburg
Town
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Boksburg is a city on the East Rand of Gauteng province of South Africa. Gold was discovered in Boksburg in 1887. Boksburg was named after the State Secretary of the South African Republic, W. Boksburg is situated 6 km southeast of East Rand.
Reiger Park
Suburb
Reiger Park is a township situated in Boksburg in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established as Stirtonville after the Second World War when people influxed from rural areas seeking work on the gold mines. Reiger Park is situated 6 km south of East Rand.
East Rand
- Type: Area
- Description: urban eastern part of the Witwatersrand
- Categories: geographical feature and urban area
- Location: Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“East Rand” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إيست راند”
- Catalan: “East Rand”
- Catalan: “Rand de l’Est”
- Chinese: “东兰德”
- Chinese: “伊斯特兰德”
- Chinese: “東蘭德”
- Dutch: “East Rand”
- French: “East Rand”
- French: “Rand Est”
- Hebrew: “במזרח ראנד”
- Italian: “East Rand”
- Japanese: “イースト・ランド”
- Japanese: “イーストランド”
- Portuguese: “East Rand”
- Romanian: “East Rand”
- Slovenian: “East Rand”
- Spanish: “East Rand”
- Spanish: “Rand del Este”
- Swahili: “East Rand”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு ராண்ட்”
- Urdu: “مشرقی رانڈ”
- Zulu: “East Rand”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include East Rand Mall and Elandsfontein.
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