West Rand District Municipality
The West Rand District Municipality is one of the districts of the Gauteng province of South Africa, that covers the West Rand area, with the exception of Roodepoort.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: district municipality with 755,000 residents
- Description: district municipality in Gauteng, South Africa
- Neighbors: Sedibeng and Tshwane
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Rand and Venterspos.
West Rand
The West Rand is the urban western part of the Witwatersrand that is functionally merged with the Johannesburg conurbation. This area became settled by Europeans after a gold-bearing reef discovered in 1886 and sparked the gold rush that gave rise to the establishment of Johannesburg.
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 7 km east of West Rand District Municipality.
West Rand District Municipality
- Location: Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“West Rand District Municipality” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Wes-Rand”
- Afrikaans: “Wesrand-distriksmunisipaliteit”
- Bulgarian: “Западен Ранд”
- Cebuano: “West Rand District Municipality”
- Chinese: “West Rand Khu-he̍k Chū-tī-thé”
- Chinese: “西兰德”
- Chinese: “西兰德区”
- Chinese: “西兰德区级市镇”
- Chinese: “西蘭德區自治市”
- Dutch: “West Rand District Municipality”
- Dutch: “West Rand”
- Estonian: “West Randi ringkond”
- French: “District de West Rand”
- French: “West Rand”
- German: “West Rand District Municipality”
- German: “West Rand”
- Indonesian: “Distrik West Rand”
- Italian: “Municipalità distrettuale di West Rand”
- Japanese: “ウェストランド”
- Japanese: “ウェストランド郡”
- Min Nan Chinese: “West Rand Khu-he̍k Chū-tī-thé”
- Novial: “West Rand”
- Pedi: “Mmasepala Setereke tša West Rand”
- Polish: “Dystrykt West Rand”
- Polish: “West Rand”
- Russian: “Западный Ранд”
- Russian: “Уэст-Ранд”
- Slovenian: “Distriktna občina”
- Slovenian: “West Rand District Municipality”
- Slovenian: “West Rand”
- Swahili: “West Rand”
- Ukrainian: “Вест-Ранд”
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