Boksburg

Summary

Boksburg is a town^[1]. Boksburg ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Boksburg is located in City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality^[3].
• Boksburg is in the country of South Africa^[4].
• Boksburg's image is recorded as Boksburg.JPG^[5].
• Boksburg's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Boksburg's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131371867^[7].
• Boksburg's GND ID is recorded as 7842862-2^[8].
• Boksburg's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82085665^[9].
• Boksburg's postal code is recorded as 1459^[10].
• Boksburg's postal code is recorded as 1460^[11].
• Boksburg's Commons category is recorded as Boksburg, Gauteng^[12].
• Boksburg's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[13].
• Boksburg's local dialing code is recorded as 011^[14].
• +1887-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Boksburg^[15].
• Boksburg's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -26.216666666667, 'lon': 28.25}^[16].
• Boksburg's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04_jgx^[17].
• Boksburg's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Boksburg, Gauteng^[18].
• Boksburg's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 005ac755-d6e3-4589-8a6e-baefd9423e50^[19].
• Boksburg's WOEID is recorded as 1579955^[20].
• Boksburg's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0010877^[21].
• Boksburg's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[22].
• Boksburg's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Boksburg^[23].
• Boksburg's category for people born here is recorded as Q18121552^[24].
• Boksburg's category for people who died here is recorded as Q20023645^[25].
• Boksburg's GeoNames ID is recorded as 1017780^[26].
• Boksburg's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1092895^[27].

Body

Geography

Boksburg is in the country of South Africa^[4]. Boksburg is located in City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Boksburg's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+162.35'}^[28]. Boksburg's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1694'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Boksburg's instance of is recorded as town^[6].

History and Context

+1887-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Boksburg^[15].

Why It Matters

Boksburg ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month).^[2] Boksburg has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30]