Bophuthatswana

Summary

Bophuthatswana is a South African bantustan^[1]. Bophuthatswana ranks in the top 10% of south_african_bantustan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (471 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bophuthatswana is in the country of South Africa^[3].
• Bophuthatswana's instance of is recorded as South African bantustan^[4].
• Bophuthatswana's capital is recorded as Mmabatho^[5].
• Bophuthatswana's official language is recorded as Tswana^[6].
• Bophuthatswana's official language is recorded as Afrikaans^[7].
• Bophuthatswana's official language is recorded as English^[8].
• Bophuthatswana's currency is recorded as rand^[9].
• Bophuthatswana's flag image is recorded as Flag of Bophuthatswana (1972–1994).svg^[10].
• Bophuthatswana's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of Bophuthatswana.svg^[11].
• Bophuthatswana's GND ID is recorded as 4080466-5^[12].
• Bophuthatswana's locator map image is recorded as LocationBophuthatswana.svg^[13].
• Bophuthatswana's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82166401^[14].
• Bophuthatswana's Commons category is recorded as Bophuthatswana^[15].
• Bophuthatswana's pronunciation audio is recorded as Fr-Bophuthatswana.ogg^[16].
• +1977-12-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bophuthatswana^[17].
• Bophuthatswana was dissolved in +1994-04-27T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Bophuthatswana's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -25.8, 'lon': 25.55}^[19].
• Bophuthatswana's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/016bbl^[20].
• Bophuthatswana's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bophuthatswana^[21].
• Bophuthatswana's replaced by is recorded as North West^[22].
• Bophuthatswana's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Bophuthatswana^[23].
• Bophuthatswana's FAST ID is recorded as 1223013^[24].
• Bophuthatswana's time period is recorded as apartheid^[25].
• Bophuthatswana's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Bophuthatswana^[26].
• Bophuthatswana's ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID is recorded as 294902244^[27].

Body

Geography

Bophuthatswana is in the country of South Africa^[3].

Designation and Status

Bophuthatswana's instance of is recorded as South African bantustan^[4].

History and Context

+1977-12-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bophuthatswana^[17].

Why It Matters

Bophuthatswana ranks in the top 10% of south_african_bantustan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (471 views/month).^[2] Bophuthatswana has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Bophuthatswana is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]