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.

Apartheid Museum → locatedIn → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

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

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Hector Pieterson Museum → locatedIn → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

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

this entity surface form: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Johannesburg Stock Exchange → locatedIn → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Nelson Mandela Foundation → locatedIn → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Randburg → locatedIn → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Soweto → locatedIn → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

St Peter’s Theological College, Rosettenville → locatedIn → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

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

subject surface form: FNB Stadium

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Randburg → locatedInNorthernPartOf → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Benoni → locatedNear → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Cradle of Humankind → locatedNear → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Germiston → locatedNear → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Krugersdorp → locatedNear → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Springs → locatedNear → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Vereeniging → locatedNear → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Witwatersrand → locatedNear → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Jewish Guild → location → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

South African Airways → mainHubCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

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

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

N1 highway → majorTerminusCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa → nearbyCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Randburg → nearestMajorCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

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

Hector Pieterson Museum → operator → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Johannesburg

Hector Pieterson Museum → ownedBy → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Johannesburg

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

subject surface form: FNB Stadium

this entity surface form: City of Johannesburg

Soweto → partOf → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Johannesburg urban area

Basil Rathbone → placeOfBirth → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

F. W. de Klerk → placeOfBirth → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Gavin Hood → placeOfBirth → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Olaf Kölzig → placeOfBirth → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

Olie the Goalie → placeOfBirth → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Olaf Kölzig

Olie Kolzig → placeOfBirth → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

Patrice Motsepe → placeOfBirth → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Steve Nash → placeOfBirth → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey → placeOfDeath → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: near Johannesburg, Transvaal

Makgatho Mandela → placeOfDeath → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

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

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Nelson Mandela → placeOfDeath → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Winnie Mandela → placeOfDeath → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

Zindzi Mandela → placeOfDeath → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Bridgette Radebe → placeOfResidence → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

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

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

West Rand District Municipality → provinceSeat → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg (for Gauteng)

Kimberley → railwayConnection → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg

Krugersdorp → railwayConnectionTo → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannesburg