Johannesburg, South Africa

E16031

city

Johannesburg, South Africa is the country’s largest city and economic hub, known for its role in the gold mining industry and as a major urban center in Gauteng province.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Johannesburg	580
Johannesburg, South Africa canonical	40
City of Johannesburg	22
Johannesburg metropolitan area	3
Joburg	2
Jozi	2
Egoli means City of Gold	1
Greater Johannesburg urban area	1
Johannesburg (for Gauteng)	1
Johannesburg (outside district, provincial capital)	1
Johannesburg urban area	1
Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City After Paris	1
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa	1
near Johannesburg, Transvaal	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
areaCode	010 ⓘ 011 ⓘ
climate	subtropical highland climate ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
currencyUsed	South African rand ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1750 metres above sea level ⓘ
founded	1886 ⓘ
foundedAs	gold mining settlement ⓘ
governingBody	City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality ⓘ
governmentType	metropolitan municipality ⓘ
hasAirport	Lanseria International Airport ⓘ O. R. Tambo International Airport ⓘ
hasDistrict	Alexandra ⓘ Randburg ⓘ surface form: Sandton Soweto ⓘ
hasMuseum	Apartheid Museum ⓘ Hector Pieterson Museum ⓘ
hasStadium	FNB Stadium (Soccer City) ⓘ surface form: FNB Stadium
hasStockExchange	Johannesburg Stock Exchange ⓘ
hasUniversity	University of Johannesburg ⓘ University of the Witwatersrand ⓘ
historicalBasis	Witwatersrand ⓘ surface form: Witwatersrand gold rush
hostedEvent	2010 FIFA World Cup ⓘ surface form: 2010 FIFA World Cup final 2010 FIFA World Cup ⓘ surface form: 2010 FIFA World Cup matches
isCapitalOf	Gauteng ⓘ
knownFor	diverse population ⓘ financial services sector ⓘ gold mining industry ⓘ
languageOfficialInCountry	English ⓘ
languageWidelySpoken	Afrikaans ⓘ Sotho ⓘ Zulu ⓘ
largestCityIn	South Africa ⓘ
locatedIn	Gauteng ⓘ
majorIndustry	finance ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ mining ⓘ services ⓘ
nickname	Egoli ⓘ Johannesburg, South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Joburg Johannesburg, South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jozi
nicknameMeaning	Johannesburg, South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Egoli means City of Gold
partOf	Witwatersrand ⓘ
populationRankInAfrica	one of the largest urban areas in Africa ⓘ
postalCodeRange	2000–2199 ⓘ
role	economic hub of South Africa ⓘ
timeZone	Central Africa Time ⓘ surface form: South African Standard Time
utcOffset	+2 ⓘ

Referenced by (657)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olaf Kölzig → placeOfBirth → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

South Africa → largestCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Patrice Motsepe → placeOfBirth → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Patrice Motsepe → residence → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Koos de la Rey → deathPlace → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

Nelson Mandela → placeOfDeath → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

N. P. van Wyk Louw → placeOfDeath → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Gauteng → capital → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Gauteng → legislativeCapital → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Gauteng → judicialCapital → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Gauteng → executiveCapital → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Gauteng → largestCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Gauteng → containsCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Gauteng → containsMetropolitanMunicipality → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Johannesburg

Kasturba Gandhi → residence → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Belgian diaspora → hasCommunityIn → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Transvaal → largestCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Olie the Goalie → placeOfBirth → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Olaf Kölzig

Johannesburg, South Africa → nickname → Johannesburg, South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Johannesburg

this entity surface form: Joburg

Johannesburg, South Africa → nickname → Johannesburg, South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Johannesburg

this entity surface form: Jozi

Johannesburg, South Africa → nicknameMeaning → Johannesburg, South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Johannesburg

this entity surface form: Egoli means City of Gold

Basil Rathbone → placeOfBirth → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Indians in South Africa → majorSettlementCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

2010 FIFA World Cup → finalCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

2010 FIFA World Cup → hostCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

1995 Rugby World Cup → finalCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

2003 Cricket World Cup → finalCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Constitutional Court of South Africa → locatedIn → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Constitutional Court of South Africa → city → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Vereeniging → locatedNear → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Cradle of Humankind → locatedNear → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

PopMart Tour → closingShowLocation → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Winnie Mandela → placeOfDeath → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

FNB Stadium (Soccer City) → locatedInCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: FNB Stadium

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

FNB Stadium (Soccer City) → owner → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: FNB Stadium

this entity surface form: City of Johannesburg

Ove Arup & Partners → hasOfficeIn → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Soweto → locatedIn → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Soweto → partOf → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Johannesburg urban area

African Rainbow Minerals → headquartersLocation → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Precious Moloi-Motsepe → residence → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Precious Moloi-Motsepe → basedIn → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Motsepe Foundation → headquartersLocation → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Witwatersrand → locatedNear → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Witwatersrand → extendsThrough → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg metropolitan area

Witwatersrand → influencedCreationOf → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Bridgette Radebe → placeOfResidence → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

University of the Witwatersrand → city → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Spain national football team → worldCupFinalCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Pan Africanist Congress → foundedIn → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Highveld → contains → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg