| 词条 | Westonaria |
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| name = Westonaria | pushpin_map = South Africa Gauteng#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|26|19|4|S|27|39|2|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Africa | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Gauteng | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = West Rand | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Rand West City | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | established_date = 1948 | leader_title = Mayor | area_footnotes = [1] | area_total_km2 = 12.65 | population_footnotes = [1] | population_total = 10259 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = [1] | demographics1_title1 = Black African | demographics1_info1 = 65.5% | demographics1_title2 = Coloured | demographics1_info2 = 1.4% | demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian | demographics1_info3 = 1.0% | demographics1_title4 = White | demographics1_info4 = 31.9% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 0.2% | demographics_type2 = First languages (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = [1] | demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans | demographics2_info1 = 28.8% | demographics2_title2 = Xhosa | demographics2_info2 = 16.6% | demographics2_title3 = Sotho | demographics2_info3 = 14.0% | demographics2_title4 = Tswana | demographics2_info4 = 13.4% | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 27.1% | timezone1 = SAST | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code (street) | postal_code = 1779 | postal2_code_type = PO box | postal2_code = 1780 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 011 }} Westonaria is a town in the west of Gauteng province of South Africa. It is situated in the Rand West City Local Municipality, part of the West Rand District Municipality. During the apartheid era, blacks lived outside town in Bekkersdal. The town is some 45 km west of Johannesburg and 18 km south of Randfontein. HistoryIt was formed in 1948 by the amalgamation of the townships Venterspost, proclaimed in 1937, and Westonaria, proclaimed in 1938.[2] First called Venterspost, the name was changed to Westonaria when municipal status was attained in 1952.[2] The name is a homophone of ‘western area’, after the township developing company Western Areas Ltd.[3] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/765008 |title = Main Place Westonaria |work=Census 2011}} {{Gauteng-geo-stub}}{{Municipal seats in Gauteng}}{{West Rand District Municipality}}2. ^1 {{cite book | title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names | publisher=Jonathan Ball Publishers | author1=Raper, Peter E. | author2=Moller, Lucie A. | author3=du Plessis, Theodorus L. | year=2014 | pages=1412 | isbn=9781868425501}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=473}} 1 : Populated places in the Westonaria Local Municipality |
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