Bloemfontein

Summary

Bloemfontein is a city^[1]. Bloemfontein ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,408 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bloemfontein is located in Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality^[3].
• Bloemfontein is in the country of South Africa^[4].
• Bloemfontein's image is recorded as Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa (20351086709).jpg^[5].
• Bloemfontein's continent is recorded as Africa^[6].
• Bloemfontein's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Bloemfontein's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Bloemfontein's instance of is recorded as judicial capital^[9].
• Bloemfontein's shares border with is recorded as Kroonstad^[10].
• Bloemfontein's coat of arms image is recorded as Bloemfontein Coat of Arms.jpg^[11].
• flower is named after Bloemfontein^[12].
• fountain is named after Bloemfontein^[13].
• Bloemfontein's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nanjing^[14].
• Bloemfontein's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bhubaneswar^[15].
• Bloemfontein's ISNI is recorded as 0000000087944303^[16].
• Bloemfontein's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 235661544^[17].
• Bloemfontein's GND ID is recorded as 4488274-9^[18].
• Bloemfontein's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80090576^[19].
• Bloemfontein's postal code is recorded as 9301^[20].
• Bloemfontein's postal code is recorded as 9300^[21].
• Bloemfontein's Commons category is recorded as Bloemfontein^[22].
• Bloemfontein's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[23].
• Bloemfontein's local dialing code is recorded as 051^[24].
• +1846-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bloemfontein^[25].
• Bloemfontein's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -29.1, 'lon': 26.216666666667}^[26].
• Bloemfontein's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c499^[27].

Body

Geography

Bloemfontein is in the country of South Africa^[4]. Bloemfontein is located in Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality^[3]. Bloemfontein's continent is recorded as Africa^[6].

Physical Characteristics

Bloemfontein's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+236.17'}^[28]. Bloemfontein's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1395'}^[29]. Bloemfontein's population is recorded as {'amount': '+256185'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7], big city^[8], and judicial capital^[9].

History and Context

+1846-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bloemfontein^[25]. Things named after include flower^[12] and fountain^[13], a type of architectural structure^[31].

Why It Matters

Bloemfontein ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,408 views/month).^[2] Bloemfontein has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Bloemfontein is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]