Informal Settlement

Informal Settlement is a residential area in Randfontein Local Municipality, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng. Informal Settlement is situated nearby to the suburb Mohlakeng, as well as near the nature reserve Con Joubert Bird Sanctuary.

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 4 km north of Informal Settlement.

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 Informal Settlement.

Latitude

-26.2082° or 26° 12′ 30″ south

Longitude

27.69001° or 27° 41′ 24″ east

Open location code

5G59QMRR+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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