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Matjhabeng Local Municipality

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Matjhabeng Local Municipality

Summary

Matjhabeng Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of local_municipality_of_south_africa entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality is located in Lejweleputswa District Municipality[3].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality is in the country of South Africa[4].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's head of government is recorded as Nkosinjani Speelman[5].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's instance of is recorded as local municipality of South Africa[6].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's capital is recorded as Welkom[7].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's legislative body is recorded as Matjhabeng Municipal Council[8].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's executive body is recorded as Mayoral Committee of Matjhabeng[9].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's locator map image is recorded as Map of the Free State with Matjhabeng highlighted (2011).svg[10].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 593823[11].
  • +2000-12-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Matjhabeng Local Municipality[12].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -27.966666666667, 'lon': 26.733333333333}[13].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -28.00781, 'lon': 26.88862}[14].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g55lm1[15].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Matjhabeng Local Municipality[16].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's South African municipality code is recorded as FS184[17].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's population is recorded as {'amount': '+406461'}[18].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's population is recorded as {'amount': '+429113'}[19].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's office held by head of government is recorded as Executive Mayor of Matjhabeng Local Municipality[20].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's GeoNames ID is recorded as 8347458[21].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1389'}[22].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Govdirectory[23].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's Who's on First ID is recorded as 1125358631[24].
  • Matjhabeng Local Municipality's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/811a2bd9-1615-415c-9dfc-d222fe9a74a1[25].

Body

Geography

Matjhabeng Local Municipality is in the country of South Africa[4]. It is located in Lejweleputswa District Municipality[3].

Physical Characteristics

Matjhabeng Local Municipality's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1389'}[22]. Population counts include {'amount': '+406461'}[18] and {'amount': '+429113'}[19].

Designation and Status

Matjhabeng Local Municipality's instance of is recorded as local municipality of South Africa[6].

History and Context

+2000-12-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Matjhabeng Local Municipality[12].

Why It Matters

Matjhabeng Local Municipality ranks in the top 7% of local_municipality_of_south_africa entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Govdirectory South Africa

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . matjhabeng.fs.gov.za. matjhabeng.fs.gov.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . South African National Census of 2011. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Provincial profile: Free State [Community Survey 2016]. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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