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Brakpan is a gold and uranium mining town in Gauteng, South Africa and is part of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. The name Brakpan was first used by the British in the 1880s because of a non-perennial lake that would annually dry to become a "brackish pan".
The village remained a suburb of Benoni until 1912 when it was granted the status of a municipality and proclaimed as a town. Many British residents emigrated during the apartheid era leaving a vacuum in the town which was filled by Afrikaner farmers who had lost interest in farming.
The village remained a suburb of Benoni until 1912 when it was granted the status of a municipality and proclaimed as a town. Many British residents emigrated during the apartheid era leaving a vacuum in the town which was filled by Afrikaner farmers who had lost interest in farming.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brakpan,_Gauteng
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Coordinates: 26°14'8"S 28°22'16"E
- Soweto 56 km
- Johannesburg 75 km
- Pretoria 80 km
- Klerksdorp 191 km
- Mahikeng/Mmabatho 286 km
- Maseru 348 km
- Bloemfontein 384 km
- Maputo 407 km
- Durban 469 km
- Gqeberha 890 km
- Consolidated Modderfontein Gold Mine 1.8 km
- Brenthurst 2.2 km
- Selection Park 8.7 km
- Modder East Gold Mine - Surface Right 9 km
- ERPM Extension 9 km
- Northmead 10 km
- Grootvlei Proprietary Gold Mine 11 km
- Rynfield 11 km
- Modder East Gold Mine 12 km
- Nigel Gold Mine 18 km