Stellenbosch

Summary

Stellenbosch is a city^[1]. Stellenbosch ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Stellenbosch is located in Stellenbosch Local Municipality^[3].
• Stellenbosch is in the country of South Africa^[4].
• Stellenbosch's head of government is recorded as Jeremy Fasser^[5].
• Stellenbosch's image is recorded as StellenboschPleinStreet.jpg^[6].
• Stellenbosch's image is recorded as Stellenbosch-region.JPG^[7].
• Stellenbosch's image is recorded as StellenboschMoederKerk.jpg^[8].
• Stellenbosch's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Stellenbosch's official language is recorded as Afrikaans^[10].
• Stellenbosch's flag image is recorded as Flag of Stellenbosch.png^[11].
• Stellenbosch's coat of arms image is recorded as Crest of Stellenbosch.png^[12].
• Simon van der Stel is named after Stellenbosch^[13].
• Stellenbosch's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127830615^[14].
• Stellenbosch's GND ID is recorded as 4122648-3^[15].
• Stellenbosch's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79084959^[16].
• Stellenbosch's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 162459465^[17].
• Stellenbosch's IdRef ID is recorded as 132363100^[18].
• Stellenbosch's postal code is recorded as 7600^[19].
• Stellenbosch's postal code is recorded as 7599^[20].
• Stellenbosch's Commons category is recorded as Stellenbosch^[21].
• Stellenbosch's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[22].
• Stellenbosch's local dialing code is recorded as 021^[23].
• +1679-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Stellenbosch^[24].
• Stellenbosch's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -33.936666666667, 'lon': 18.861388888889}^[25].
• Stellenbosch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02b7s7^[26].
• Stellenbosch's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge609225^[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Stellenbosch's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+8.24'}^[28]. Stellenbosch's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+136'}^[29]. Stellenbosch's population is recorded as {'amount': '+80316'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Stellenbosch's instance of is recorded as city^[9].

History and Context

+1679-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Stellenbosch^[24]. Simon van der Stel is named after Stellenbosch^[13].

Why It Matters

Stellenbosch ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month).^[2] Stellenbosch has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Stellenbosch is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]