Fochville

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Fochville
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Coordinates: 26°29′S 27°29′E / 26.483°S 27.483°E / -26.483; 27.483
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
District	West Rand
Municipality	Merafong City
Area [1]
• Total	11.36 km2 (4.39 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	9,497
• Density	840/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• White	71.7%
• Black African	25.7%
• Coloureds	1.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• Other	0.9%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	71.3%
• English	6.8%
• Sotho	6.2%
• Tswana	6.0%
• Other	9.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2515
PO box	2515
Area code	018

Fochville is a farming and mining town located in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is part of the Merafong City Local Municipality, which also includes Kokosi, Carletonville and Khutsong. The area surrounding Fochville contains Sotho or Tswana ruins. Tlokwe Ruins are the remains of Sotho-Tswana settlements on the hills surrounding Fochville that were inhabited until the 1820s. Boer War hero Danie Theron was killed 5 km north of the town. The town itself was established as an agricultural centre in 1920 (the ground was officially broken by Henning Rautenbach) and was named after the World War I commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in France, Marshal of France Ferdinand Foch.^[2]