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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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form	Occurrences
Johannesburg	95
City of Johannesburg	4
Egoli means City of Gold	1
Greater Johannesburg urban area	1
Joburg	1
Johannesburg (for Gauteng)	1
Johannesburg (outside district, provincial capital)	1
Johannesburg metropolitan area	1
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa	1
Jozi	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 (115)

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

Vaal Triangle → adjacentTo → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

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

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Gauteng → capital → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

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

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Houghton Estate, Johannesburg → city → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

University of Johannesburg → city → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

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

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Die Transvaler → cityOfPublication → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Lanseria International Airport → cityServed → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

PopMart Tour → closingShowLocation → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

N1 highway → connectsTo → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Highveld → contains → 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

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

Gauteng → executiveCapital → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Witwatersrand → extendsThrough → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg metropolitan area

Sarafina! → filmingLocation → 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

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

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Crocodile River → flowsNear → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Crocodile River (Limpopo)

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Jukskei River → flowsThrough → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Pan Africanist Congress → foundedIn → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

South Africa national football team → governingBodyHeadquarters → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Belgian diaspora → hasCommunityIn → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

New Development Bank → hasCountryOffice → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

N1 highway → hasJunctionIn → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Covington & Burling → hasOfficeIn → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

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

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Sedibeng District Municipality → hasProvinceCapital → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg (outside district, provincial capital)

Centurion → hasRailConnectionTo → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Newcastle, Natal → hasRailConnectionTo → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

African Rainbow Minerals → headquartersLocation → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Johannesburg Stock Exchange → headquartersLocation → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Motsepe Foundation → headquartersLocation → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

South African Airways → headquartersLocation → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

South African Communist Party → headquartersLocation → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Umkhonto we Sizwe → headquartersLocation → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

South Africa national football team → homeCountryLargestCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

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

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Witwatersrand → influencedCreationOf → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Gauteng → judicialCapital → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Gauteng → largestCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

South Africa → largestCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Transvaal → largestCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Gauteng → legislativeCapital → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Centurion → locatedBetween → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Midrand → locatedBetween → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Springs → locatedEastOf → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg