West Rand District Municipality
is one of the
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
of
Gauteng
Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'.
Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...
province of
South Africa
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, that covers the
West Rand
The West Rand is the name of 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 ...
area, with the exception of
Roodepoort (which is part of the
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality). The seat of the district municipality is
Randfontein.
The most spoken language among its population of 820,995 is
Tswana (
2011 census). The district code is CBDC8.
Geography
Neighbours
West Rand is surrounded by:
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Bojanala Platinum (DC37) to the north
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Tshwane (Pretoria) to the north-east
*
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...
to the east
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Sedibeng (DC42) to the south-east
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Dr Kenneth Kaunda (DC40) to the south-west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following
local municipalities:
Demographics
The following statistics are from the
2011 census.
Gender
Ethnic group
Age
Politics
Election results
Election results for the
West Rand District Municipality in the
2021 South African municipal elections
The 2021 South African municipal elections were held on 1 November 2021, to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces. It is the sixth municipal election held in South Afric ...
.
References
External links
West Rand DM Official Website
{{West Rand District Municipality
District municipalities of Gauteng
Greater Johannesburg
West Rand District Municipality