Boksburg

thumb|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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Wikidata facts

Area: 162.35
Elevation: 1694
Image: Boksburg.JPG
Dialing code: 011

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Commons category: Boksburg, Gauteng
inception: 1887-01-01
postal code: 1460

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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
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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.