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]