| Westonaria | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -26.3178°N 27.6506°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gauteng |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | West Rand |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Rand West City |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1948 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 12.65 |
| Population Total: | 10259 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 65.5% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 1.4% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 1.0% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 31.9% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 0.2% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 28.8% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Xhosa |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 16.6% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Sotho |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 14.0% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Tswana |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 13.4% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 27.1% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 1779 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 1780 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 011 |
| Website: | http://westonaria.co.za/ |
Westonaria is a town in the west of Gauteng province of South Africa. It is situated in the Rand West City Local Municipality, part of the West Rand District Municipality. During the apartheid era, Africans lived outside town in Bekkersdal. The town is some 45 km west of Johannesburg and 18 km south of Randfontein.
It was formed in 1948 by the amalgamation of the townships Venterspost, proclaimed in 1937, and Westonaria, proclaimed in 1938.[2] First called Venterspost, the name was changed to Westonaria when municipal status was attained in 1952.[2] The name is a homophone of ‘western area’, after the township developing company Western Areas Ltd.[3]