Sophiatown

Summary

Sophiatown is a town^[1]. Sophiatown ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (563 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sophiatown is located in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality^[3].
• Sophiatown is in the country of South Africa^[4].
• Sophiatown's instance of is recorded as town^[5].
• Sophiatown's instance of is recorded as suburb^[6].
• Sophiatown's postal code is recorded as 2092^[7].
• Sophiatown's Commons category is recorded as Sophiatown^[8].
• Sophiatown's local dialing code is recorded as 011^[9].
• January 1, 1899 marks the founding of Sophiatown^[10].
• Sophiatown's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -26.1767, 'lon': 27.9816}^[11].
• Sophiatown's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject South Africa^[12].
• Sophiatown's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Africa^[13].
• Sophiatown's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Discrimination^[14].

Body

Geography

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

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[5] and suburb^[6].

History and Context

January 1, 1899 marks the founding of Sophiatown^[10].

Why It Matters

Sophiatown ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (563 views/month).^[2] Sophiatown has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15]