Swartkrans

fossil-bearing cave in South Africa
Place archaeological_site Q1887011
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Swartkrans

Summary

Swartkrans is an archaeological site[1]. Swartkrans ranks in the top 8% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Swartkrans is located in Gauteng[3].
  • Swartkrans is in the country of South Africa[4].
  • Swartkrans's image is recorded as Original of Paranthropus robustus Face.jpg[5].
  • Swartkrans's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[6].
  • Swartkrans's instance of is recorded as paleontological site[7].
  • Swartkrans's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 42146332822018731608[8].
  • Swartkrans's GND ID is recorded as 109999361X[9].
  • Swartkrans's locator map image is recorded as Cradle of Humankind plan.jpg[10].
  • Swartkrans's part of is recorded as Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs[11].
  • Swartkrans's Commons category is recorded as Swartkrans[12].
  • Swartkrans's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -25.929167, 'lon': 27.788889}[13].
  • Swartkrans's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07g0r9[14].
  • Swartkrans's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Swartkrans[15].
  • Swartkrans's heritage designation is recorded as national heritage site of South Africa[16].
  • Swartkrans's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3539576[17].
  • Swartkrans's SAHRA heritage site ID is recorded as 922330012[18].

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Geography

Swartkrans is in the country of South Africa[4]. Swartkrans is located in Gauteng[3]. Swartkrans's part of is recorded as Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs[11].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological site[6] and paleontological site[7]. Swartkrans's heritage designation is recorded as national heritage site of South Africa[16].

Why It Matters

Swartkrans ranks in the top 8% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).[2] Swartkrans has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . sahris.sahra.org.za. sahris.sahra.org.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Swartkrans. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/swartkrans
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_swartkrans_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Swartkrans}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/swartkrans}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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