Carletonville

Carletonville
Carletonville Location of the town in Gauteng
Carletonville
Coordinates: 26°21′29″S 27°23′53″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
District	West Rand
Municipality	Merafong City
Area
• Total	12.67 km2 (4.89 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	18,364
• Density	1,449/km2 (3,750/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2001)
• Black African	44.3%
• Coloured	1%
• Indian/Asian	0.7%
• White	54%
First languages (2001)
• Afrikaans	45.1%
• English	11.9%
• Tswana	11.7%
• Sotho	9.9%
• Other	21.4%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)

Carletonville is a gold-mining town in western Gauteng, South Africa. It is one of the richest gold-producing areas in the world. At 3,749 m, Western Deep Levels is one of the world's deepest mines.

Developed by various mining companies from 1937 onwards, the town – which was named after the long-serving mining director of Consolidated Gold Fields, Guy Carleton Jones – was not officially incorporated until 1959.

The Elandskraal mine, site of a 3 October 2007 collapse, is located in Carletonville.

Carletonville is currently part of the Merafong City Local Municipality.

Famous people from Carletonville

Brian McMillan (South African Cricketer)

Keith Lindsay (5fm DJ presented the "Saturday Shadow Show" with Barney Simon, together introducing South Africa to Gothic Rock music)

Jaque Fourie is a South African rugby union footballer

Neena is a South African porn starlet

Vern Kent is a South African Soap Star. aka "die Swart Kat" (the Black Cat)

External links

• CNN.com
• Carletonville