Randfontein

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Randfontein
Randfontein Town Hall
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Coordinates: 26°10′47″S 27°42′15″E / 26.17972°S 27.70417°E / -26.17972; 27.70417
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
District	West Rand
Municipality	Rand West City
Area [1]
• Total	186.42 km2 (71.98 sq mi)
Elevation	1,709 m (5,607 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	80,492
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	44.8%
• Coloured	17.5%
• Indian/Asian	0.7%
• White	36.1%
• Other	0.8%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	52.1%
• Tswana	18.4%
• English	7.6%
• Sotho	5.1%
• Other	16.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1759
PO box	1760
Area code	011 and 010
Website	http://www.randfontein.gov.za

Randfontein is a gold mining town in the West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa, 40 km (25 mi) 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. The town was established in 1890 to serve the new mine and was administered by Krugersdorp until it became a municipality in 1929.^[2]: 292 Apart from having the largest stamp mill in the world, Randfontein, like many of the other outlying areas of Johannesburg, is essentially a rural collection of farms and small holdings in a particularly beautiful part of Gauteng.