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

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.

Egoli → refersTo → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johannesburg
Evelyn Ntoko Mase → residence → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johannesburg
Graça Machel → residence → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johannesburg
Kasturba Gandhi → residence → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johannesburg
Makgatho Mandela → residence → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johannesburg
Patrice Motsepe → residence → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johannesburg
Precious Moloi-Motsepe → residence → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johannesburg
Thabo Mbeki → residence → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johannesburg
Zenani Mandela-Dlamini → residence → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johannesburg
Zindzi Mandela → residence → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johannesburg
Lanseria International Airport → serves → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johannesburg
O. R. Tambo International Airport → servesCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johannesburg
South African Airways → servesCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johannesburg
The Wilby Conspiracy → setting → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johannesburg
Spain national football team → worldCupFinalCity → Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johannesburg