Hectorton

Hectorton is a suburb in Randfontein Local Municipality, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng. Hectorton is situated nearby to the suburb Home Lake, as well as near West Porges.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Randfontein and Azaadville.

Town

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.

Suburb

Azaadville is a town in South Africa located in Mogale City in the West Rand region of Gauteng province of South Africa. Azaadville is situated 4½ km east of Hectorton.

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 6 km southeast of Hectorton.

Latitude

-26.16722° or 26° 10′ 2″ south

Longitude

27.71083° or 27° 42′ 39″ east

Open location code

5G59RPM6+48

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

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