Bulawayo

Summary

Bulawayo is a city^[1]. Bulawayo ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,774 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bulawayo is located in Bulawayo Province^[3].
• Bulawayo is in the country of Zimbabwe^[4].
• Bulawayo's instance of is recorded as city^[5].
• Bulawayo's instance of is recorded as big city^[6].
• Bulawayo's founder is recorded as Mzilikazi^[7].
• Bulawayo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Durban^[8].
• Bulawayo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Aberdeen^[9].
• Bulawayo's Commons category is recorded as Bulawayo^[10].
• Bulawayo's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[11].
• Bulawayo's local dialing code is recorded as 9^[12].
• 1840 marks the founding of Bulawayo^[13].
• Bulawayo's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -20.166666666667, 'lon': 28.566666666667}^[14].
• Bulawayo's official website is recorded as http://www.citybyo.co.zw^[15].
• Bulawayo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bulawayo^[16].
• Bulawayo has a population of {'amount': '+653337'}^[17].
• Bulawayo has a population of {'amount': '+665940'}^[18].
• Bulawayo's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• Bulawayo's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• Bulawayo's capital of is recorded as Zulu Kingdom^[21].
• Bulawayo's capital of is recorded as Bulawayo Province^[22].
• Bulawayo's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bulawayo'}^[23].
• Bulawayo's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Bulawayo^[24].
• Bulawayo's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths in Bulawayo^[25].
• Bulawayo's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bulawayo'}^[26].
• Bulawayo's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Bulawayo^[27].

Body

Geography

Bulawayo is in the country of Zimbabwe^[4]. Bulawayo is located in Bulawayo Province^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Bulawayo covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1706.8'}^[28]. Bulawayo sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1358'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+653337'}^[17] and {'amount': '+665940'}^[18].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[5] and big city^[6].

History and Context

1840 marks the founding of Bulawayo^[13].

Why It Matters

Bulawayo ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,774 views/month).^[2] Bulawayo has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Bulawayo is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]