Eskom

electricity utility in South Africa
Organization business Q1367885
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Eskom

Summary

Eskom is a business[1]. Eskom ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (435 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Eskom was a member of Southern African Power Pool[3].
  • Eskom is in the country of South Africa[4].
  • Eskom's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Eskom's instance of is recorded as electricity supply company[6].
  • Eskom's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • Eskom's instance of is recorded as transmission system operator for electricity[8].
  • Eskom's instance of is recorded as distribution network operator for electricity[9].
  • Eskom's logo image is recorded as Esc logo wit.png[10].
  • Eskom's headquarters location is recorded as Sandton[11].
  • Eskom's ISNI is recorded as 000000041937159X[12].
  • Eskom's Commons category is recorded as Eskom[13].
  • Eskom's industry is recorded as energy industry[14].
  • +1923-03-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Eskom[15].
  • Eskom's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03xxpj[16].
  • Eskom's official website is recorded as https://www.eskom.co.za[17].
  • Eskom's NLA Trove people ID is recorded as 1052005[18].
  • Eskom's external data available at URL is recorded as https://services.arcgis.com/YRCamkWhTj3BDxHv/arcgis/rest/services/[19].
  • Eskom's legal form is recorded as joint-stock company[20].
  • Eskom's BBC Things ID is recorded as 200b799c-ac7c-434e-8ace-25924b5be2d8[21].
  • Eskom's X is recorded as Eskom_SA[22].
  • Eskom's Facebook username is recorded as EskomSouthAfrica[23].
  • Eskom's Crunchbase organization ID is recorded as eskom[24].
  • Eskom's GRID ID is recorded as grid.463275.1[25].
  • Eskom's Ringgold ID is recorded as 71850[26].
  • Eskom's autonomous system number is recorded as 37121[27].

Body

Founding

+1923-03-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Eskom[15].

Operations

Eskom's headquarters location is recorded as Sandton[11].

Industry

Eskom's industry is recorded as energy industry[14].

Why It Matters

Eskom ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (435 views/month).[2] Eskom has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Eskom is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] . sapp.co.zw. Retrieved . sapp.co.zw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . km.aifb.kit.edu. km.aifb.kit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . GRID Release 2016-12-06. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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