The West Rand District Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa West Rand; Afrikaans: Wesrand-distriksmunisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase West Rand; Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa West Rand)[1] is one of the districts of the Gauteng province of South Africa, that covers the West Rand area, with the exception of Roodepoort.

The seat of the district municipality is Randfontein.

[3][4] As of 2011, the most spoken language among its population of 820,995 is Tswana.

West Rand is surrounded by: The district contains the following local municipalities: The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Election results for the West Rand District Municipality in the 2021 South African municipal elections.