Boksburg
Sign in to savethumb|right|380px|A fountain and welcome sign to Boksburg in front of the East Rand Mall (Renamed: East Point Mall)
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Boksburg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Montage Boksburg.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- From top, left to right: Old Post Office, St Michael and All Angels Church, Old Magistrates Office, Boksburg War Memorial, Boksburg High School
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Gauteng#South Africa#Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gauteng
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Ekurhuleni
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1887
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 162.35
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1694
- Settlement.population_total
- 260321
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Encyclopedic overview
32 sectionsContents
- History
- Mayors
- Historical buildings
- Historic hotels
- Masonic
- Infamous incidents
- Political assassination
- Consumer boycott
- Boksburg explosion
- 2023 Boksburg gas leak
- Tambo Memorial Hospital
- Economy
- Firsts
- Transportation
- ERPM Golf Club
- ERPM/Boksburg Rugby Club
- Schools
- Notable people
- Arts and entertainment
- Judges
- Politicians
- Academics
- Sport achievers – National colours
- Boksburg boxers
- Tennis players
- Boksburg legends
- Boksburg's First Mayoral Citizen: Benjamin Owen-Jones
- Nobby Henrey
- General CF Beyers
- Sir George Farrar
- References
- External links
thumb|right|380px|A fountain and welcome sign to Boksburg in front of the East Rand Mall (Renamed: East Point Mall)
Boksburg is a city on the East Rand of Gauteng province of South Africa. Gold was discovered in Boksburg in 1887. Boksburg was named after the State Secretary of the South African Republic, W. Eduard Bok. The Main Reef Road linked Boksburg to all the other major mining towns on the Witwatersrand and the Angelo Hotel (1887) was used as a staging post.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boksburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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