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Brakpan is a town located in Gauteng Province, South Africa. It's a part of the industrial area in the East Rand within the Witwatersrand. It was named in 1886 but it became a town in 1919 in an official way. It developed after the discovery of coal in 1888 and gold in 1905. With the recycling of the mine tailings at Brakpan, the recovery of substantial residual quantities of gold and uranium has become possible.

Brakpan has an interesting evolution in terms of its history. It derives its name from a farm called Weltevreden. It was filled with quite brackish water and was called "brakpan". May be it was close to this pan that the town began to take shape. A coal seam was discovered in 1888 and a coal mine was established under the name of Brakpan Collieries. It began to grow in importance in every move in the direction of development in the region. When a railway line was established between Germiston to Springs, Brakpan became an important station on this route.

With the passage of time, Brackpan started developing but remained a suburb of Benoni till 1912. Then, it was given the status of a municipality and became a town. Brackpan is also important because it is strategically located and helps in terms of being distribution centre for industry. It works specifically well for engineering works and foundries. With the development of industry, the other sides to human interaction also developed. The municipality gave a go-ahead for the establishment of Carnival City, a big casino and entertainment complex. It added twin advantages to the town; it opened the area to the tourists and created jobs for people in the town.

Brackpan is located between Springs and Benoni and forms a part of the Ekurhuleni Metro. Voortrekker Street is the main road that runs through the town.