Brakpan

Summary

Brakpan is a town^[1]. Brakpan ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (536 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 instance of is recorded as town^[5].
• Brakpan's postal code is recorded as 1541^[6].
• Brakpan's postal code is recorded as 1540^[7].
• Brakpan's Commons category is recorded as Brakpan^[8].
• Brakpan's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[9].
• Brakpan's local dialing code is recorded as 010^[10].
• January 1, 1888 marks the founding of Brakpan^[11].
• Brakpan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -26.235277777778, 'lon': 28.37}^[12].
• Brakpan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Brakpan^[13].
• Brakpan has a population of {'amount': '+73080'}^[14].
• Brakpan sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1631'}^[15].
• Brakpan covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+182.81'}^[16].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Brakpan covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+182.81'}^[16]. Brakpan sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1631'}^[15]. Brakpan has a population of {'amount': '+73080'}^[14].

Designation and Status

Brakpan's instance of is recorded as town^[5].

History and Context

January 1, 1888 marks the founding of Brakpan^[11].

Why It Matters

Brakpan ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (536 views/month).^[2] Brakpan has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17]