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Boksburg | |
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City | |
 From top, left to right: Old Post Office, St Michael and All Angels Church, Old Magistrates Office, Boksburg War Memorial, Boksburg High School | |
  Boksburg  Boksburg  Boksburg | |
| Coordinates: 26°12′45″S 28°15′45″E / 26.21250°S 28.26250°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | Ekurhuleni |
| Established | 1887[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 162.35 km2 (62.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,694 m (5,558 ft) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 260,321 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 56.7% |
| • Coloured | 11.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 2.5% |
| • White | 28.4% |
| • Other | 0.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 28.5% |
| • English | 18.6% |
| • Zulu | 14.8% |
| • Northern Sotho | 9.1% |
| • Other | 29.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 1459 |
| PO box | 1460 |
| Area code | 011 |
Boksburg is a city on the East Rand of Gauteng province of South Africa. Gold was discovered in Boksburg in 1887. Boksburg was named after the State Secretary of the South African Republic, W. Eduard Bok. The Main Reef Road linked Boksburg to all the other major mining towns on the Witwatersrand and the Angelo Hotel (1887) was used as a staging post.
Boksburg has been part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since 5 December 2000,[3] which forms the local government of most of the East Rand.
The Mining Commissioner Montague White built a large dam which, empty for years, was dubbed White's Folly until a flash flood in 1889 silenced detractors. The 150,000 square metre dam is now the Boksburg Lake, and is surrounded by lawns, trees, and terraces.
- ^ Robson, Linda Gillian (2011). "Annexure A" (PDF). The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact (PhD thesis). University of Pretoria. pp. xlv–lii. hdl:2263/26503. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Boksburg". Census 2011. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality formation". Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.