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.Photo: Leo za1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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West Rand
- Type: region
- Description: Place in Gauteng, South Africa
- Category: urban area
- Location: Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-26.236° or 26° 14' 10" southLongitude
27.563° or 27° 33' 47" eastOpen Location Code
5G59QH77+H5Wikidata ID
Q7986320West Rand Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Chinese: 西蘭德
- Chinese: 韦斯特兰德
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page West Rand. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.