Brakpan
Brakpan | ||
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PO box 1540 | ||
| Area code | 011 | |
| Website | http://www.brakpan-online.co.za/ | |
Brakpan is a mining town on the East Rand of Gauteng, South Africa, approximately 38 kilometres (23.6 mi) east of Johannesburg.
History
The name Brakpan comes from a small pan on a farm called Weltevreden, which was filled with very
With
From 1905 the village began to grow rapidly, remaining a suburb of
The first activity which drew people to the area was the British coal mining in 1888 and the large coal powered power station also built by the British. A tram line to Johannesburg was built at this time to service the power station.
The Main Reef Road (today part of the R29) linked Brakpan to all the other mining towns in the Witwatersrand. Brakpan was a suburb of Benoni from 1914–1919, when it was granted municipal status.[2]: 286 The Brakpan miners were involved in the miners' strike of 1922. The town has gradually lost its importance as a gold mining area as the surrounding mines suffered from low yield over high cost. Many British residents emigrated during the apartheid era leaving a vacuum in the town which was filled by mostly Afrikaner farmers who had lost interest in farming.
Situated between
Brakpan is often used in memes in South African online communities, often depicted in a way similar to Southern US locations in US centric memes.[5]
Transport
Brakpan is mainly located along the
Running parallel to the N17, the R554 (Elsburg Road; Springs Road) leads south-westwards to Alberton – 34 km and eastwards to Springs. The R23 (Heidelberg Road) skirts Brakpan to the west, leading northwards to Benoni and southwards to Heidelberg – 35 km.
The M45 (Prince George Avenue) leads north-westwards to Benoni and southwards to KwaThema. The M46 leads westwards from Brakpan to Boksburg and eastwards to Springs. In passing through Brakpan, the M46 holds several names such as Airport Road, Athlone Avenue, Voortrekker Road, Prince George Avenue and Olympia Road. Voortrekker Road is the main street through the Brakpan CBD.
References
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Brakpan". Census 2011.
- ^ ASIN B0000E7XZN.
- ^ "Alberton property | find property for sale and estate agents in Alberton | properties Alberton South Africa". Sahometraders.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
- ^ [1] Carnival City's web page
- ^ "29 Brakpan ideas | brakpan, funny pictures, funny". Pinterest. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
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