Carletonville

For other places with the same name, see Carletonville (disambiguation).

Carletonville
Carletonville  Carletonville shown within Gauteng
Coordinates:
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
District	West Rand
Municipality	Merafong City
Established	1960
Area
• Total	35.14 km2 (13.57 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	23,000
• Density	650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	70.1%
• Coloured	0.9%
• Indian/Asian	1.3%
• White	27.4%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	24.9%
• Xhosa	19.8%
• Tswana	13.2%
• Sotho	13.2%
• Other	28.9%
Postal code (street)	2499
PO box	2500
Area code	018

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
• Jaque Fourie, South African rugby union footballer

External links

• CNN.com
• Carletonville