Pietermaritzburg

Summary

Pietermaritzburg is a town^[1]. Pietermaritzburg ranks in the top 0.42% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (852 views/month, #40 of 9,456).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pietermaritzburg is located in Msunduzi Local Municipality^[3].
• Pietermaritzburg is in the country of South Africa^[4].
• Pietermaritzburg's image is recorded as Pietermaritzburg.jpg^[5].
• Pietermaritzburg's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Piet Retief is named after Pietermaritzburg^[7].
• Gerrit Maritz is named after Pietermaritzburg^[8].
• Pietermaritzburg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Zhuzhou^[9].
• Pietermaritzburg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hampton^[10].
• Pietermaritzburg's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 139010983^[11].
• Pietermaritzburg's GND ID is recorded as 4246621-0^[12].
• Pietermaritzburg's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79108898^[13].
• Pietermaritzburg's IdRef ID is recorded as 117292672^[14].
• Pietermaritzburg's postal code is recorded as 3201^[15].
• Pietermaritzburg's postal code is recorded as 3200^[16].
• Pietermaritzburg's Commons category is recorded as Pietermaritzburg^[17].
• Pietermaritzburg's local dialing code is recorded as 033^[18].
• +1839-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pietermaritzburg^[19].
• Pietermaritzburg's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -29.6009, 'lon': 30.3796}^[20].
• Pietermaritzburg's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01_vrh^[21].
• Pietermaritzburg's official website is recorded as http://www.msunduzi.gov.za^[22].
• Pietermaritzburg's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pietermaritzburg^[23].
• Pietermaritzburg's page banner is recorded as Pietermaritzburg banner.jpg^[24].
• Pietermaritzburg's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 97f81da9-df23-4913-a4e3-e319c6632353^[25].
• Pietermaritzburg's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Africa/South_Africa/KwaZulu-Natal/Pietermaritzburg/^[26].
• Pietermaritzburg's WOEID is recorded as 1586549^[27].

Body

Geography

Pietermaritzburg is in the country of South Africa^[4]. Pietermaritzburg is located in Msunduzi Local Municipality^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Pietermaritzburg's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+126'}^[28]. Pietermaritzburg's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+596'}^[29].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

+1839-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pietermaritzburg^[19]. Things named after include Piet Retief^[7], an explorer^[30], 1780–1838^[31], of South Africa^[32] and Gerrit Maritz^[8], a politician^[33], 1797–1838^[34], of South Africa^[35].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Pietermaritzburg include Pietermaritzburg Airport^[36], an airport^[37], in South Africa^[38].

Why It Matters

Pietermaritzburg ranks in the top 0.42% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (852 views/month, #40 of 9,456).^[2] Pietermaritzburg has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Pietermaritzburg is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Pietermaritzburg include Pietermaritzburg Airport^[36], an airport^[37], in South Africa^[38].