Brakpan

Summary

Brakpan is a town^[1]. Brakpan ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (112 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Brakpan is located in City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality^[3].
• Brakpan is in the country of South Africa^[4].
• Brakpan's image is recorded as Pentecost Protestant Church-Brakpan-001.jpg^[5].
• Brakpan's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Brakpan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 145587679^[7].
• Brakpan's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n96108821^[8].
• Brakpan's postal code is recorded as 1541^[9].
• Brakpan's postal code is recorded as 1540^[10].
• Brakpan's Commons category is recorded as Brakpan^[11].
• Brakpan's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[12].
• Brakpan's local dialing code is recorded as 010^[13].
• +1888-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Brakpan^[14].
• Brakpan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -26.235277777778, 'lon': 28.37}^[15].
• Brakpan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04_jk1^[16].
• Brakpan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Brakpan^[17].
• Brakpan's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as bcc3b255-6551-4859-a3c3-5310836dc54b^[18].
• Brakpan's population is recorded as {'amount': '+73080'}^[19].
• Brakpan's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Brakpan^[20].
• Brakpan's GeoNames ID is recorded as 1016181^[21].
• Brakpan's UN/LOCODE is recorded as ZABRK^[22].
• Brakpan's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1631'}^[23].
• Brakpan's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+182.81'}^[24].
• Brakpan's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -1214834^[25].
• Brakpan's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1881966^[26].
• Brakpan's Who's on First ID is recorded as 101925985^[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Brakpan's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+182.81'}^[24]. Brakpan's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1631'}^[23]. Brakpan's population is recorded as {'amount': '+73080'}^[19].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

+1888-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Brakpan^[14].

Why It Matters

Brakpan ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (112 views/month).^[2] Brakpan has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]