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Merafong City Local Municipality is a local municipality in West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. Its boundaries encloses some of the richest gold mines in the world. It is situated about 65 km from Johannesburg and is serviced by a number of major roads, including the N12 from Johannesburg to Beaufort West and the N14 (the main road between Gauteng and Vryburg via Ventersdorp). Merafong's historical development is closely knit with the discovery of rich gold deposits in the early 1930s.

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  • Merafong City (de)
  • Merafong (fr)
  • Municipalità locale di Merafong City (it)
  • Merafong City Local Municipality (en)
  • Merafong City (nl)
  • Merafong City (pl)
  • Мерафонг-Сити (местный муниципалитет) (ru)
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  • Merafong City (englisch Merafong City Local Municipality) ist eine Lokalgemeinde im Distrikt West Rand der südafrikanischen Provinz Gauteng. Der Verwaltungssitz der Gemeinde befindet sich in Carletonville. Bürgermeister ist Maphefo Mogale Letsie. Der Name der Gemeinde kommt aus dem Setswana; merafong bedeutet Bergbaurevier. Das Gemeindegebiet besteht aus Städten, die aufgrund des Goldabbaus in der Umgebung entstanden sind. (de)
  • La municipalità locale di Merafong City (in inglese Merafong City Local Municipality) è una municipalità locale del Sudafrica appartenente alla municipalità distrettuale di West Rand, nella provincia del Nordovest. Il suo territorio si estende su una superficie di 1.630 km² ed è suddiviso in 26 circoscrizioni elettorali (wards). Il suo codice di distretto è NW405. (it)
  • Merafong City (officieel Merafong City Local Municipality; Afrikaans: Merafong City Plaaslike Munisipaliteit) is een gemeente in de Zuid-Afrikaanse provincie Gauteng en telt bijna 200.000 inwoners. (nl)
  • Мерафонг-Сити (Merafong City) — местный муниципалитет в районе Уэст-Ранд провинции Гаутенг (ЮАР). Название «Мерафонг» в переводе с языка сесото означает «Место, где есть золото». Образован за счёт объединения территорий городов Карлтонвилл, Фошвилл и . На территории Мерафонг-Сити расположены богатейшие золотые шахты мира. Местный муниципалитет был образован в начале XXI века, в 2005 был передан в состав Северо-Западной провинции, но из-за протестов населения в 2009 году возвращён в состав провинции Гаутенг. (ru)
  • Merafong City – gmina w Republice Południowej Afryki, w prowincji Gauteng, w dystrykcie West Rand. Siedzibą administracyjną gminy jest Carletonville. (pl)
  • Merafong City Local Municipality is a local municipality in West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. Its boundaries encloses some of the richest gold mines in the world. It is situated about 65 km from Johannesburg and is serviced by a number of major roads, including the N12 from Johannesburg to Beaufort West and the N14 (the main road between Gauteng and Vryburg via Ventersdorp). Merafong's historical development is closely knit with the discovery of rich gold deposits in the early 1930s. (en)
  • La municipalité locale de Merafong (Merafong City local municipality) est située en Afrique du Sud. Lors de sa fondation en 2000, c'est une municipalité transfrontalière regroupant la ville minière de Carletonville, le township de Khutsong (tous deux situés dans la province du Gauteng) avec des communes rurales comme Fochville (province du Nord-Ouest). (fr)
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  • Merafong City (en)
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