Soweto
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Soweto
Summary
Soweto is a South African township[1]. Soweto ranks in the top 1% of south_african_township entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (679 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Soweto is located in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality[3].
- Soweto is in the country of South Africa[4].
- Soweto's image is recorded as Soweto-003.jpg[5].
- Soweto's image is recorded as Rdphouses.jpg[6].
- Soweto's instance of is recorded as South African township[7].
- Soweto's instance of is recorded as city[8].
- Soweto's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140712506[9].
- Soweto's GND ID is recorded as 4105418-0[10].
- Soweto's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79148068[11].
- Soweto's postal code is recorded as 4309[12].
- Soweto's Commons category is recorded as Soweto[13].
- Soweto's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[14].
- +1963-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Soweto[15].
- Soweto's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -26.267777777777777, 'lon': 27.85861111111111}[16].
- Soweto's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0729t[17].
- Soweto's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Soweto[18].
- Soweto's page banner is recorded as WV banner SA Soweto.jpg[19].
- Soweto's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX4712501[20].
- Soweto's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as df69d2eb-1703-4107-b9e2-3ece0b982f5f[21].
- Soweto's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1271628'}[22].
- Soweto's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0063859[23].
- Soweto's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Soweto[24].
- Soweto's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'zu', 'text': 'Soweto'}[25].
- Soweto's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'Soweto'}[26].
- Soweto's category for people born here is recorded as Q8073658[27].
Body
Geography
Soweto is in the country of South Africa[4]. Soweto is located in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality[3].
Physical Characteristics
Soweto's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+200'}[28]. Soweto's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1632'}[29]. Soweto's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1271628'}[22].
Designation and Status
Recorded instance of include South African township[7] and city[8].
History and Context
+1963-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Soweto[15].
Why It Matters
Soweto ranks in the top 1% of south_african_township entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (679 views/month).[2] Soweto has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Soweto is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]