Roodepoort, also called Roodepoort-Maraisburg, city in northeastern South Africa, in the province of Gauteng, on a rocky uplift called the Witwatersrand, near Johannesburg. It is a gold-mining center in the West Rand area. A monument commemorates the Jameson Raid of 1895. In the late 1880s the Roodepoort mining camp was established, and in 1904 the city was chartered. In 1905 it annexed the nearby mining settlement of Maraisburg. The city now includes Florida, Delarey, and other former townships. Population (1991) 162,632.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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